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BLT Wraps

"I love wraps, but am allergic to mayonnaise, so I designed this wrap to be glued together with melted cheese instead. A good variation is to substitute taco meat and grilled onions for the bacon."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Lettuce and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,654 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 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. Cook the bacon pieces in a large skillet over medium heat, turning occasionally, until crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.

  2. Warm the flour tortillas in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 30 seconds per side, or until soft and pliable.

  3. Lay each warm tortilla flat and sprinkle with some of the shredded Cheddar cheese so it softens slightly from the heat.

  4. Top the cheese with shredded iceberg lettuce, diced tomato and the crisp bacon pieces.

  5. Fold in the sides of each tortilla, then roll it up tightly from the bottom. Cut each wrap in half to serve.

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. Lettuce + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Cheddar cheese + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,865 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Flour + lettucetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,205 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + cheddar cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,509 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cheddar cheese + lettucetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together296 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cheddar cheese, tomato):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Chivebetter flavor fit
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cheddar cheese, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).