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Ham and Cheese Roll-ups

A baked roll made from pizza crust, smoked ham, and mozzarella cheese, served with mustard or horseradish sauce.

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Why it works: Ham and mustard work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 747 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Ham and Cheese Roll-ups

Oven400°F
Time25 to 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Heat oven to 400°F.

  2. Grease cookie sheet.

  3. Unroll pizza crust dough and shape into a 12x8-inch rectangle.

  4. Arrange ham slices evenly on dough to within 1/2 inch of outer edges.

  5. Sprinkle cheese evenly over ham.

  6. Top cheese with 1/4 cup sliced pitted ripe or green olives before rolling up dough.

Roll and bake

  1. Starting at the short end of the rectangle, roll dough into a log shape.

  2. Pinch seam together with your fingertips and place log, seam-side down, on prepared cookie sheet.

  3. Assemble recipe as directed; cover. Refrigerate up to 4 hours before baking. Bake as directed.

  4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until deep golden brown.

  5. Let stand at least 10 minutes.

Serve

  1. Cut into slices to serve.

  2. Serve with mustard or horseradish sauce, if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

330Calories
34 gProtein
20 gFat
1 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Pizzanot in our table0
Horseradishnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0

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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

  1. Ham + mustardtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together747 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Ham + mozzarella cheesetop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Mozzarella cheese + mustardtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Refrigerated pizza crust
Forms the rolled outer dough that bakes into a golden, chewy wrapper.
Smoked cooked ham
Provides the savory, salty filling that flavors each slice.
Mozzarella cheese
Melts to bind the filling and add creamy, stretchy texture.

The step that matters

Pinch the seam and place seam-side down. A well-sealed seam keeps the filling inside while baking, and seam-side down helps the log hold its shape instead of unrolling in the oven.

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Onionfits about as well
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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