Why it works: Apple and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,089 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Jelly Rolls
Ingredients
Directions
Cook a stiff Apple Jelly until it is red and flavored as desired.
Spread the jelly on a greased surface and let it cool.
Lay the cooled jelly on a sheet of cream of the same thickness.
Roll it up tightly and cut into slices.
Crystallize the slices as desired.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Apple + creamtop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,089 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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