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BBQ Feta and Hot Banana Pepper Turkey Burgers

"A yummy BBQ treat, fast yummy turkey burgers, great for camping..."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Banana and feta cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl pentanoate, which smells yeast, fruit. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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 grill to medium-high heat, about 400°F (204°C).

  2. In a large bowl, combine the ground turkey, chopped banana peppers, crumbled feta, salt and pepper. Mix gently until just combined without overworking the meat.

  3. Divide the mixture into four equal portions and shape each into a patty about three-quarters of an inch thick, pressing a small dent in the center of each.

  4. Grill the patties for 5 to 6 minutes per side, until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  5. Let the burgers rest for 2 minutes before serving.

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. Banana + feta cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  2. Turkey + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,637 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Banana + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together483 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + feta cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,003 recipes

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

  5. Turkey + feta cheesetop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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