Shredded Ham with Currant Jelly Sauce

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. Currant + sherrytop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together393 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

2. Butter + winetop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together8,645 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

3. Butter + sherrytop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together3,505 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

4. Currant + winetop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together1,323 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

5. Sherry + hamtop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together377 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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

What each ingredient does

Butter

Melts into the jelly to form a rich, glossy sauce that coats the ham.

Currant jelly

Provides sweetness and fruity acidity, and thickens the sauce as it melts and reduces.

Sherry wine

Adds acidity and aroma, deepening the flavour of the sauce.

Cold cooked ham

Is the main protein, warmed through in the sauce until tender.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, pepper, sherry, wine, ham):

1. Grapefits better
2. Pineapplefits better
3. Applefits better
4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, pepper, sherry, wine, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.