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Crisp Bacon & Avocado Toasts

Brighten up lunch times with this delicious alternative to the BLT

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Crisp Bacon & Avocado Toasts

Why it works: Avocado and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,117 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Crisp Bacon & Avocado Toasts

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

858Calories
22 gProtein
27 gFat
139 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cherry tomato + avocadotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Cherry tomato + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Avocado + breadtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Lime + breadtop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, lime, bread):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, lime, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.