Name: Savory Cheddar Waffle BLT with Egg Recipe
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 6 sandwiches
Ingredients: 12 thick-cut bacon slices (about 1 pound); 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter , as needed; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt; 2 large eggs; 2 cups whole milk; 2 cups shredded Irish cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces), such as Dubliner; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/4 stick); 6 large eggs; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 2 medium tomatoes , thinly sliced crosswise; 12 romaine lettuce leaves

Why it works: Tomato and lettuce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,655 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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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.

Tomato + lettucetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,655 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,436 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Pepper + lettucetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,037 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

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, egg, milk, cheddar cheese, pepper, tomato):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Chivefits better
Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, egg, milk, cheddar cheese, pepper, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Romaine Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Savory Cheddar Waffle BLT with Egg Recipe