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Cheshire Cheese & Ham on Toast

An easy and tasty treat for afternoon tea, these cheese and ham toasts are given a peppery mustard kick

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Cheshire Cheese & Ham on Toast

Why it works: Mustard and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 587 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Cheshire Cheese & Ham on Toast

Makes 12 chunky fingers

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

916Calories
47 gProtein
36 gFat
96 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1

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. Mustard + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together587 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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

  3. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

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

Swap the chive

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

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Lettucefits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

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