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Mozzarella, Prosciutto, and Fig Jam Panino Recipe

This pressed sandwich combines mozzarella and prosciutto with fig jam for ham and cheese the Italian way!Game plan: For the best results, preheat the press...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Mozzarella, Prosciutto, and Fig Jam Panino Recipe

Why it works: Fig and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 223 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Mozzarella, Prosciutto, and Fig Jam Panino Recipe

1 sandwich

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

483Calories
34 gProtein
34 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Fig1 medium (50g)37
Spreadnot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Fig + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together223 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Fig + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,026 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Buffalo + olivetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together131 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Milk + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,828 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Buffalo + milktop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together31 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 fig

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, buffalo, milk, olive):

  1. Cherryfits about as well
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Figthe original
  4. Plumfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, buffalo, milk, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.