Why it works: Ham and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,497 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Stuffed Rolls
Ingredients
Directions
Cut off the end of each roll and remove the inside, leaving only the crust.
Fill the roll with a mixture of cheese, ham, or chicken.
Cover the top with the small slice you cut off.
Serve for picnics or as a travel lunch.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Ham + chickentop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,497 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Cheese + chickentop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,936 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Cheese + hamtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together303 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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