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Crispity, Crunchity, Cheese-a-liciously Cheesy Mac & Cheese Recipe

Have you ever made a fabulous batch of mac & cheese and then been disappointed by the leftovers the next day? The crumb topping has been picked over. The...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cheese and gruyere cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 93 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cheese + gruyere cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Gruyere cheese + romano cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Cheese + romano cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Cheese + breadtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,130 recipes

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

  5. Bread + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together999 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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