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Chorizo and Lemongrass Pastry Puff Scrolls

Who would have thought the combination of chorizo and lemongrass works? It’s weird, but it works.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 106,462 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Chorizo and Lemongrass Pastry Puff Scrolls

Makes 32
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

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By bbcfood. 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. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together50,459 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Pepper + eggtop 33% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together50,580 recipes

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

Flour and egg share little aroma chemistry, yet 106,462 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