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Sausage Bread From Bob Evans®

"Crumbled spicy sausage, bell pepper, onion and shredded cheese are rolled into bread dough and baked until nice and brown."

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Why it works: Bread and cheddar cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 62 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook30 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. Let the frozen bread dough sit at room temperature until thawed and soft enough to stretch, about 1 hour, then preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).

  2. Cook the sausage, diced onion and diced pepper in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking up the sausage, for about 10 minutes until the sausage is browned and reaches 160°F (71°C) inside. Drain off excess fat.

  3. Stir the garlic powder, dried oregano, thyme and marjoram into the sausage mixture and let it cool for about 5 minutes.

  4. Roll the dough on a clean work surface into a rectangle about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 cm).

  5. Spread the sausage mixture over the dough, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) border, then sprinkle with the shredded Cheddar cheese.

  6. Roll the dough up tightly from a long side, pinch the seam shut, and place it seam side down on a baking sheet.

  7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown and the center reaches 160°F (71°C). Let rest 5 minutes, then slice and serve.

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. Bread + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Thyme + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  3. Oregano + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Oregano + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together791 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, pepper, cheddar cheese, oregano, garlic, thyme, marjoram):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, pepper, cheddar cheese, oregano, garlic, thyme, marjoram. 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).