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Pepper Sandwiches

A sandwich with sweet green pepper filling and cream cheese topping.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Pepper Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Remove seeds from the peppers and chop them finely.

  2. Simmer the chopped peppers in butter for 8 to 10 minutes without browning.

  3. Add salt to taste and let the mixture cool.

Assemble and serve

  1. Spread a thin layer of butter on the bread slices.

  2. Place the cooled pepper mixture between the slices and top with grated cream cheese.

  3. Serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Pepper + breadtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Bread + cream cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet green peppers
Provide the main filling, adding fresh, slightly sweet vegetable flavor and moisture.
Butter
Gently softens the chopped peppers in the pan and adds richness to the filling.
Cream cheese
Adds a soft, creamy topping that adds richness and mild tang.

The step that matters

Simmer without browning. Cooking the peppers gently in butter softens them and concentrates their flavor. If the butter browns or the heat is too high, the peppers can scorch and taste bitter, and the filling will be less mild and fresh.

“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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