Why it works: Beef and ham match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,729 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Bone the sirloin, leaving the fillet attached to the upper part.
Interlard the fillet by inserting pieces of ham or bacon at a slant using a large needle.
Roll the beef tightly and secure it with string to maintain its shape.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Beef + hamtop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,729 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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