Why it works: Prosciutto and avocado work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
4 wrapsIngredients
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.
Heat the oven to 400°F (204°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment.
Lay the tortillas flat and spread about half of the hummus evenly over them, leaving a small border.
Place the mozzarella slices down the center of each tortilla, then lay the prosciutto slices over the cheese.
Set the filled tortillas on the baking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes, until the cheese melts and the prosciutto is warmed through.
Meanwhile, slice the tomatoes and tear the lettuce, keeping half the lettuce aside. Slice the avocado, keeping half aside.
Remove the wraps from the oven and top each one with tomato slices, half the torn lettuce, and half the avocado slices.
Dollop the remaining hummus over the filling, then add the reserved lettuce and avocado so each wrap gets an equal share.
Fold in the sides of each tortilla, roll it up tightly from the bottom, and cut in half on a diagonal to serve.
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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.
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Prosciutto + avocadotop 17% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together17 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Avocado + tomatotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,385 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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Avocado + lettucetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together464 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Mozzarella cheese + tomatotop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,577 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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Prosciutto + mozzarella cheesetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together118 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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 (prosciutto, wheat, spread, mozzarella cheese, avocado, tomato):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Cucumberbetter flavor fit
- Potatoabout as good a flavor fit
- Lettucethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against prosciutto, wheat, spread, mozzarella cheese, avocado, 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).
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