Why it works: Bread and butter 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 ↓
Cheese Toast
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Toast the slices of bread.
Butter each slice.
Grate cheese over the buttered bread.
Add a spoonful of cheese to each slice.
Bake and serve
Place in the oven at 400°F (200°C) for a few minutes.
Serve while hot.
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.
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Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,232 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,130 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,962 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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What each ingredient does
- Slices of bread
- Form the base that holds the toppings and gives a crisp, sturdy structure.
- Butter
- Adds fat and richness, helping the bread brown and crisp in the oven.
- Grated cheese
- Melts into a savoury, gooey topping and adds browning and flavour.
The step that matters
Place in the oven at 400°F (200°C) for a few minutes.. Cheese can burn quickly at high heat, while too little time leaves it unmelted. Watch closely until the cheese melts and turns golden, then serve right away.
“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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