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Middle Eastern Sandwiches

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Why it works: Lettuce and alfalfa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Middle Eastern Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Recipe by: elizabeth powell preparation time: 0:05 cut top ¼ from pita pocket and reserve for another use*. Open pocket and spread one side with hummus. Spoon in tabouli. Add remaining ingredients, drizzling salad dressing over all. This serves one, but is easily multiplied for many. * broiled pieces of pita bread are excellent for dipping extra hummus

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

185Calories
11 gProtein
12 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Hummus1 tbsp (15g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Alfalfanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lettuce + alfalfatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Lettuce + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Lettuce + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the alfalfa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (feta cheese, lettuce, tomato, olive, lemon, dill):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Alfalfathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against feta cheese, lettuce, tomato, olive, lemon, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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