Why it works: Cream and cherry work together. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 827 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓
Cream Cherries
Ingredients
Directions
Form a small round ball of cream.
Cut a tiny strip of citron to resemble a cherry stem and place it under the cream ball.
Slice a cherry glace in half and attach one half to each side of the cream ball on the stem.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Cream + cherrytop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together827 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
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