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Zesty Tortilla Roll Ups

"Bacon, tomato and pesto are a nice addition to these versatile appetizers. Perfect for parties, the ingredients can be altered to suite picky tastes. A great recipe to play with!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Zesty Tortilla Roll Ups

Why it works: Tomato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 20,633 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Zesty Tortilla Roll Ups

20 servings
Prep30 min
Cook5 min

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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. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Tomato + turkeytop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together90 recipes

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

  4. Onion + flourtop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together32,460 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Sauce + flourtop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (cream cheese, tomato, sauce, flour, turkey):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Chivebetter flavor fit
  3. Cucumberbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, tomato, sauce, flour, turkey. 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).