Why it works: Cheese and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,805 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: milk, wheat, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Also mentioned in the method: tempeh
Directions
Spread mustard (a grey poupon type works best) onto vegan bread slices. On top of the mustard sprinkle the nutritional yeast, not to much! Use just enough to stick to the mustard. Put slice of fake cheese (or seitan or tempeh) on vegan bread. Top with slice of tomato and other piece of vegan bread.
Some other ingredients taste good too!: seitan, tempeh, lettuce, and whatever sounds good
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Cheese + mustardtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,805 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Bread + cheesetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,130 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Bread + tomatotop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,013 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Tomato + cheesetop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,892 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Tomato + mustardtop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,482 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the tomato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, cheese, mustard):
- Tomatothe original
- Lettuceabout as good a flavor fit
Fit is the average pairing score against bread, cheese, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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