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Veggie Burgers with Sun-Dried Tomato Mayo

A veggie burger topped with sun‑dried tomato mayonnaise.

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Why it works: Tomato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Veggie Burgers with Sun-Dried Tomato Mayo

Ingredients

Directions

Make the sun-dried tomato mayo

  1. Combine sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, and 2 tbsp. water in a small dish, then cover the mixture with plastic wrap.

  2. Microwave on medium-high for 20 seconds.

  3. Set aside for 10 minutes to allow tomatoes to plump up.

  4. Stir mayonnaise and paprika into the tomato mixture.

Cook and assemble

  1. Heat a stovetop grill pan or heavy-bottomed sauté pan over medium-high heat.

  2. Cook veggie burgers according to package directions.

  3. Place burgers in buns.

  4. Garnish with a dollop of sun-dried tomato mayonnaise.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

473Calories
34 gProtein
34 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + wheattop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together468 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).

  3. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Tomato + clovetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Garlic + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Sun-dried tomatoes
Add concentrated tomato flavour and chewy texture once softened in water.
Mayonnaise
Provides fat and creaminess, carrying the tomato and garlic flavours across the burger.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma and savoury depth to the sauce.
Veggie burgers
Form the main body of the sandwich, cooked through according to package directions.

The step that matters

Plumping the sun-dried tomatoes. Dry tomatoes are tough and leathery. Softening them in hot water and resting them lets them absorb moisture, so the mayo becomes smooth rather than gritty with chewy bits.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, garlic, wheat):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, garlic, wheat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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