Why it works: Bread and anchovy are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,260 recipes. Both carry hexanol, which smells green, fruity. The science ↓
Rolled Sandwiches
Ingredients
Directions
Cut fresh bread into thin slices.
Trim off the crusts with scissors.
Spread the slices with chicken paste, pâté de foie gras, or anchovy paste.
Roll the slices tightly.
Serve with salad at a reception or dinner.
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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Bread + anchovytop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,260 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).
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Bread + chickentop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,258 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity).
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Chicken + anchovytop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together218 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).
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