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Grilled Flatbreads with Rosemary Oil

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Why it works: Olive and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,489 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

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Serves 10

Ingredients

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

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By jamieoliver. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,489 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Bread + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together999 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Flour + rosemarytop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together940 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together13,452 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Bread + flourtop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together10,228 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and olive share little aroma chemistry, yet 13,452 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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