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Prosciutto, Pear & Rocket Rolls

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Prosciutto, Pear & Rocket Rolls

Why it works: Lemon and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,230 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Prosciutto, Pear & Rocket Rolls

Makes 24

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

384Calories
16 gProtein
8 gFat
69 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cocktailnot 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. Lemon + potatotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Pear + lemontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together942 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Pear + potatotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  4. Pear + prosciuttotop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Prosciutto + potatotop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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 (pear, prosciutto, potato):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Plumfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, prosciutto, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.