Fruit Cheese for Sandwiches

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. Fig + datestop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together318 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

2. Walnut + almondtop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together993 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

3. Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,781 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

4. Fig + almondtop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together519 recipes

   Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

5. Fig + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together373 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Figs

Provide sweetness and a soft, sticky body that holds the fruit mixture together.

Dates

Add natural sweetness and moisture, helping the mixture bind into a firm paste.

Raisins

Contribute sweetness and moisture, adding chewy texture to the mixture.

Walnut meats

Add fat and a firm, crunchy texture that breaks up the soft dried fruit.

Pecan meats

Add fat and a rich, buttery flavor along with a crunchy texture.

Almond meats

Add fat and a mild, crisp texture to the finely ground mixture.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fig, dates, walnut, meat, almond):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Vanillafits better
3. Cherryfits better
4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fig, dates, walnut, meat, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.