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Cajun Turkey Wraps with Sweetcorn Salsa

These aromatic wraps are perfect for a relaxed meal, just put everything on the table and let everyone help themselves

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Why it works: Sweetcorn and flour work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 124 recipes mention both. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: 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.

  1. Rub the turkey breast steaks all over with the Cajun spice mix.

  2. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook the turkey for 4 to 5 minutes per side until golden and cooked through to 165°F (74°C) in the thickest part.

  3. Transfer the turkey to a board, rest for 3 minutes, then slice into strips.

  4. While the turkey cooks, mix the rinsed and drained sweetcorn, chopped red chilli, lime zest and lime juice in a bowl to make the salsa.

  5. Warm the flour tortillas one at a time in a dry frying pan for about 20 seconds per side, then wrap them in a clean towel to keep warm.

  6. Divide the sliced turkey and sweetcorn salsa between the tortillas. Add a spoonful of soured cream and some salad leaves, then roll up to serve.

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. Sweetcorn + flourtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together124 recipes
  2. Olive + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,205 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Sweetcorn + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Turkey + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together95 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Olive + sweetcorntop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, olive, sweetcorn, flour, cream):

  1. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  2. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  3. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, olive, sweetcorn, flour, cream. 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).