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Brown Bread Cheese Sandwiches

A sandwich made with brown bread, cheddar cheese, and cayenne pepper, baked until the cheese melts.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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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 ↓

Brown Bread Cheese Sandwiches

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Butter the slices of brown bread.

  2. Cover each slice with Cheddar cheese.

  3. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper.

  4. Assemble the slices into sandwiches.

Bake and serve

  1. Place on a baking sheet in a 350°F (175°C) oven until the cheese is melted.

  2. Serve hot.

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  2. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

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

  3. Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

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

  4. Bread + cheddar cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Butter + peppertop 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

Brown bread
Provides the sturdy base that holds the melted cheese and crisps lightly in the oven.
Butter
Adds fat that helps the bread brown and gives a rich, savory flavor.
Cheddar cheese
Melts into a gooey, savory filling that binds the sandwich together.
Cayenne pepper
Adds a mild, sharp heat that contrasts with the rich cheese.

The step that matters

Bake until the cheese is just melted. Cheese turns stringy and oily when overheated, and the bread can scorch before the centre softens. Watching for the moment the cheese melts keeps the filling smooth and the bread golden.

“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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