Name: Cheese and Nut
Ingredients: bread; mayonnaise dressing; Neufchâtel cheese; nuts

Why it works: Bread and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,130 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Cheese and Nut

Ingredients

bread
mayonnaise dressing
Neufchâtel cheese
nuts

Directions

Spread mayonnaise dressing on slices of bread.
In a bowl, mix Neufchâtel cheese and nuts until well combined.
Spread the cheese and nut mixture between the slices of bread.

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.

Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,130 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Bread + nutstop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together174 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Cheese + nutstop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together101 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl decanoate (grape, waxy).