Name: Ham Croissant Rolls
Ingredients: 1 tbl yeast (one package); 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup milk; 4 x and 3/4 cup flour; 3 x lightly beaten eggs; melted butter; ham, diced, cut into long, thin strips

Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Ham Croissant Rolls

Oven350–375°F

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

Put the yeast, a small amount of water, and 1/2 cup warm water into a small container.
Let rise for 10 minutes.
Combine the sugar, salt, oil, and milk.
Add the flour and knead until everything is mixed.
Add the eggs and keep kneading.
Finally, add the yeast mixture and stir until the mixture has a consistent texture.
Cover the mixture with plastic wrap.
Let it rise in a warm place for two hours.

Shape the rolls

Knead the dough again, and then divide it into four equal parts.
Roll each part of the dough into a 25-centimeter circle using a rolling pin.
Place ham in the widest part of each triangle.
Roll up each triangle, beginning at the widest part.
Place the wrapped-up ham on a cookie sheet or pan.
Cover the rolls with plastic and let rise for one hour in a warm place.

Bake and finish

Preheat the oven to 350–375°F.
Brush melted butter on each roll and bake for 15 minutes.
Brush with either a mixture of water and sugar or with an egg white.
Return them to the oven until they are golden brown.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1194Calories

54 gProtein

54 gFat

120 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together78,219 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Sugar + flourtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together92,116 recipes

Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together106,462 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Yeast: Produces gas as it ferments, which makes the dough rise and become light.
Flour: Its proteins form gluten, giving the dough the structure to hold its shape.
Eggs: Add structure and richness to the dough, and the egg white helps the rolls brown.
Sugar: Feeds the yeast and adds sweetness, helping the crust brown in the oven.
Vegetable oil: Adds fat that softens the crumb and keeps the dough tender.
Milk: Adds moisture and softness to the dough.

The step that matters

Letting the shaped rolls rise fully. Yeast gas expands the dough during the second rise, so rolls that rise too little bake dense, while over-proofed rolls can collapse or lose structure in the oven.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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Ham Croissant Rolls