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Tlt Sandwich Recipe

A vegetarian TLT sandwich inspired by the classic BLT sandwich. This version includes chipotle-marinated tempeh alongside oven-roasted cherry tomatoes, a bit of shredded lettuce, and a generous avocado slather on a thin slice (or two) of great bread.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Tlt Sandwich Recipe

Why it works: Lettuce and avocado match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 464 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Tlt Sandwich Recipe

Makes four sandwiches.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1215Calories
36 gProtein
47 gFat
173 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Tempeh100g160
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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 101cookbooks. 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. Lettuce + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together464 recipes

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

  2. Olive + avocadotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Cherry tomato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Olive + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,580 recipes

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

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 (olive, sauce, vinegar, sugar, pepper, lettuce, avocado):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, sauce, vinegar, sugar, pepper, lettuce, avocado. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.