Name: Pastry Sandwiches
Ingredients: rich puff paste; fine currant jelly; strawberry jelly; raspberry jelly

Why it works: Strawberry and raspberry work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 815 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, sweet. The science ↓

Pastry Sandwiches

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

rich puff paste
fine currant jelly
strawberry jelly
raspberry jelly

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Divide the puff paste in two and roll each half into a square as thin as possible.
Place one half on a buttered baking sheet and spread it lightly with your choice of jelly.
Cover with the remaining half, pressing the edges together with a rolling pin.
Mark the pastry into divisions and bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) for 15 to 20 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Strawberry + raspberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together815 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Currant + raspberrytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together366 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).
Currant + strawberrytop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together195 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).