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Sherried Turkey & Ham Bake

This warming bake, rich with sherry and mustard, will use up the Christmas leftovers

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Turkey and ham work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 303 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Turkey + hamtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together303 recipes

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

  2. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Turkey + sherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  4. Peas + sherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Ham + sherrytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, ham, peas, butter, flour, milk, sherry):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, ham, peas, butter, flour, milk, sherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).