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Cheese Wizards

"Tasty hamburger snacks made with processed cheese sauce and ground beef on slices of cocktail rye. They are easy to make, and perfect to munch on during the game."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Cheese and bread match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,130 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

15 servings
Prep5 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. Preheat the broiler and set an oven rack about 6 inches (15 cm) from the heat.

  2. Brown the ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes, breaking it up, until no pink remains and it reaches 160°F (71°C). Season with salt and pepper to taste.

  3. Drain off excess fat from the skillet, then reduce heat to low and stir in the processed cheese sauce for about 2 minutes until warmed and smooth.

  4. Arrange the cocktail rye bread slices on a baking sheet in a single layer.

  5. Spoon the beef and cheese mixture evenly onto each rye slice.

  6. Broil for 2 to 3 minutes until bubbling and the edges are lightly browned. 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. Cheese + breadtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,130 recipes

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

  2. Beef + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18,971 recipes

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

  3. Beef + breadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,031 recipes

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

  4. Beef + cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,191 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Rye + breadtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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