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Toaster Pitta Pockets

If your kids can't wait until their next meal, these little pittas will keep them going in the meantime

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Toaster Pitta Pockets

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 ↓

Toaster Pitta Pockets

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1159Calories
75 gProtein
47 gFat
102 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Salmon100g cooked208
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sweetcornnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Bread + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,013 recipes

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

  5. Cheese + tomatotop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,896 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, cheese, ham, sweetcorn, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Tomatothe original
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Potatofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, cheese, ham, sweetcorn, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.