Why it works: Brie and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 8Ingredients
Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Heat the oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat, add the leek and chopped sage, and cook for 5 minutes until soft.
Add the chopped gammon and sausage meat (skins removed) to the pan and cook for 6-8 minutes, breaking up the sausage, until no pink remains. Stir in the breadcrumbs, then set aside to cool.
Slice each turkey breast horizontally without cutting all the way through, then open it out and flatten it to an even thickness between sheets of cling film.
Spread cranberry sauce over each flattened turkey breast, then top with the sliced brie and a layer of the cooled filling. Roll each breast up firmly.
On a flour-dusted surface, roll out the puff pastry blocks until large enough to wrap each turkey roll fully, trimming any extra.
Wrap each turkey roll in pastry, sealing the seams with a little beaten egg. Place seam side down on the lined baking sheet and brush all over with the remaining beaten egg.
Bake for 35-40 minutes until the pastry is deep golden and the turkey reaches 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part when checked with a thermometer.
Rest for 10 minutes before slicing into thick rounds to serve.
Explore the science
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.
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Brie + cranberrytop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together13 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).
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Sage + turkeytop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together154 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Turkey + cranberrytop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together97 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Sage + cranberrytop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together45 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Butter + turkeytop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,592 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the leek
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, egg, sage, turkey, brie, cranberry):
- Potatobetter flavor fit
- Asparagusbetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Leekthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, egg, sage, turkey, brie, cranberry. 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).
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