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Turkey, Smoked Mozzarella and Olive-Spinach Pesto Panini Recipe

I created this when I realized that I had all of the ingredients in my refrigerator and cabinets and it's the best panini I have ever made. I love using smoked...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Walnut and turkey share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

The recipe

1 panini (with leftover pesto)

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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. Walnut + turkeytop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Basil + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Garlic + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  4. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,868 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, basil, spinach, pepper, bread, turkey):

  1. Beansbetter flavor fit
  2. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  3. Peasbetter flavor fit
  4. Walnutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, basil, spinach, pepper, bread, turkey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).