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Fig Brulee with Burrata Cheese

See how to make a quick and easy “burnt” fig appetizer.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Burrata and cheese work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 28 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Preheat the broiler to high and set an oven rack about 4 inches (10 cm) from the heat.

  2. Lightly brush a small baking sheet with extra virgin olive oil and arrange the fig halves cut side up.

  3. Season the cut sides of the figs lightly with sea salt and ground black pepper.

  4. Sprinkle the Demerara sugar evenly over the cut side of each fig half.

  5. Broil for 3 to 4 minutes, watching closely, until the sugar melts, bubbles and darkens in spots without burning.

  6. Let the figs rest for 2 minutes so the sugar sets slightly.

  7. Tear the Burrata cheese into pieces and arrange them on a serving platter.

  8. Arrange the warm figs around the Burrata and spoon any pan juices over the top.

  9. Drizzle with a little more olive oil, add a final pinch of black pepper, and serve right away.

By allrecipes. 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. Burrata + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Cheese + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,530 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Fig + cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Fig + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Olive + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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