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Nectarine and Prosciutto Crostini

Appetizers don’t get much easier than this one, which offers a wonderful contrast of flavors and textures—sweet nectarines and mildly salty prosciutto atop crunchy crostini.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Nectarine and Prosciutto Crostini

Why it works: Olive and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 30,263 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Nectarine and Prosciutto Crostini

Serves 8.

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By williamssonoma. 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. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Olive + prosciuttotop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Prosciutto + peppertop 30% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together413 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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