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Baked Hawaiian Sandwiches

"These sandwiches are quick, easy, and always a hit. They can be served at receptions, baby showers, Bible studies, or tailgate parties! I have made large quantities and they have always turned out. Sandwiches can be made up in advance and stored in refrigerator until ready to bake. Try them and enjoy!"

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Why it works: Swiss cheese and provolone cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 18 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

24 small sandwiches
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch (23x33 cm) baking dish, or line it with foil.

  2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in the white sugar, dried onion flakes, poppy seeds and honey mustard until blended.

  3. Slice the rolls horizontally, keeping the bottom halves in the dish and setting the tops aside on a sheet pan.

  4. Layer the bottom roll halves with the honey-cured ham, Swiss cheese, smoked turkey and provolone, halving slices as needed to fit.

  5. Spread the warm butter mixture over the cut sides of the roll tops, then place the tops over the filled bottoms.

  6. Cover the dish tightly with foil and bake for 10 minutes, until the cheese melts and the meats are heated through.

  7. Remove the foil and bake for 5 minutes more, until the rolls are golden on top.

  8. Cut the sandwiches apart along the seams and serve warm.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18 recipes

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

  2. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

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

  3. Bread + hamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,536 recipes

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

  4. Swiss cheese + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together412 recipes

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

  5. Provolone cheese + buttertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together101 recipes

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

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