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Pear and Roquefort Crostini Drizzled with Honey

Crostini topped with melted Roquefort, sliced pears, and honey.

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Why it works: Roquefort cheese and honey work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 2 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Also mentioned in the method: bread

Directions

Prepare the bread

  1. Place bread slices on a baking sheet.

  2. Brush each slice with olive oil.

  3. Set oven rack about 5 inches from broiler.

  4. Broil bread for about 45 seconds.

  5. Remove bread from oven.

  6. Turn bread slices over.

Top and broil

  1. Evenly top each slice with Roquefort cheese.

  2. Return bread to oven.

  3. Broil for 30 seconds or until cheese is melted.

  4. Remove from oven.

Finish and serve

  1. Top each slice with pear slices.

  2. Arrange crostini on a platter.

  3. Drizzle with honey.

  4. Serve.

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

Explore the science

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. Roquefort cheese + honeytop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Pear + honeytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Roquefort cheese + peartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  4. Olive + peartop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Olive + roquefort cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together40 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Baguette
Forms the crisp base that holds the toppings without going soggy.
Roquefort cheese
Melts into a creamy layer and adds a salty, tangy blue-cheese flavour.
Pear
Adds juicy sweetness and a fresh contrast to the sharp, salty cheese.
Honey
Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the blue cheese.
Olive oil
Carries flavour and helps the bread brown and crisp under the broiler.

The step that matters

Broil the cheese for only 30 seconds. Blue cheese melts quickly and can scorch or turn bitter if left under the broiler too long. Watch closely until it just softens and bubbles.

“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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