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Ham-and-Cheese Waffles

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and ham match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,475 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By epicurious. 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. Butter + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Flour + buttermilktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + maple syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Flour + buttertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122,858 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sugar + buttermilktop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Flour and butter share little aroma chemistry, yet 122,858 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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