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Ham & Asparagus Subs

Cram individual bread rolls with quality ham, asparagus tips and lemon dressing and add to a tea party spread

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Ham & Asparagus Subs

Why it works: Asparagus and lemon work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 704 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Ham & Asparagus Subs

MAKES 12
Prep15 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

434Calories
31 gProtein
31 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Saladnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Asparagus + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together704 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  3. Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Asparagus + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,026 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, ham, butter, cream):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Applefits less well
  4. Vanillafits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, ham, butter, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.