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Le Kraut Monsieur Recipe

One day I wanted to make a croq monsieur for lunch and realized I was out of ham. Having no other options for meat or fruit available, I took a chance on sauerkraut...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Gruyere cheese and mozzarella cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Le Kraut Monsieur Recipe

1 sandwich

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

848Calories
30 gProtein
29 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Sauerkrautnot 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. Gruyere cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Butter + gruyere cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Butter + mozzarella cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together547 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Bread + gruyere cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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