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Maryland Style Mac ’n’ Cheese Recipe

This recipe by Team Rachael RayGuns took Third Place at SF Food Wars' 2009 Mac Battle Royale with Cheese. Congratulations! Also included: a bonus recipe for the...

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Maryland Style Mac ’n’ Cheese Recipe

Why it works: Allspice and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,395 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Maryland Style Mac ’n’ Cheese Recipe

Yields 8-10 entree-sized servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1011Calories
50 gProtein
33 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 19 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blue Crab100g cooked97
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Olive1 large (4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macaroninot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Vodkanot in our table0
Horseradishnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Allspice + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,395 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Shallot + allspicetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together386 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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

  5. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, milk, flour, shallot, allspice, pepper):

  1. Leekfits better
  2. Arrowrootfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, milk, flour, shallot, allspice, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.