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Lisa's Provolone and Proscuitto Melt with Rosemary Carmelized Onions Recipe

This was one of three recipes that I created and prepared for the Sargento Search for Kitchen Chronicles recipe contest at the American Culinary Institute at...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and rosemary are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,885 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

4 sandwiches

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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.

  1. Onion + rosemarytop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  2. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + provolone cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Butter + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together42,827 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Onion + provolone cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together181 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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