A sandwich at La Gastronomia di Porchetta, a restaurant in Fairfax, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +31.
Leans toward an italian panino sandwich, two of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
More fat than 90% of the catalog.
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
focaccia bread, served cold: prosciutto crudo (high tier); creamy burrata cheese (high tier); fresh greens; olive oil.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 75th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 3.6 | 90th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 37th |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
59 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| focaccia breadscored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| prosciutto crudo (high tier)scored as Prosciutto | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 silky chewy tender | +5 |
| creamy burrata cheese (high tier)scored as Burrata | protein | fat 4 creamy soft silky | −2 |
| fresh greens | not scored | ||
| olive oil | fat | fat 5 silky smooth | 0 |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
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