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Cheddar Quiche

"The crust is made with baking mix, so it is heartier than a flaky pastry. Serve warm or at room temperature."

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Cheddar Quiche

Why it works: Sauce and evaporated milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 53 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Cheddar Quiche

1 - 9 inch pie
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

888Calories
39 gProtein
27 gFat
120 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sauce + evaporated milktop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Milk + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  4. Onion + cheddar cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,669 recipes

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

  5. Cheddar cheese + evaporated milktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, milk, cheddar cheese, egg, sauce, evaporated milk):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, milk, cheddar cheese, egg, sauce, evaporated milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.