Why it works: Fig and cream work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 523 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓
Fig Creams
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the preserved green figs into quarters, keeping them connected at the stem.
Prepare a quantity of pink cream flavored with strawberry, nectar, or rose.
Roll the cream into a strip and cut it into equal-sized pieces.
Form the cream pieces into cones and place one inside each fig, with the base next to the stem.
Press the fig quarters against the cream.
Using a fine brush dipped in red food coloring, make four stripes on each fig, starting at the base between each quarter and running to the tip of the cream.
Place the figs in pans and allow them to crystallize.
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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Fig + creamtop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together523 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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