Why it works: Biscuit and blackberry work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Blackberry Roly-poly
Ingredients
Directions
Roll out the short paste or biscuit dough thinly.
Spread blackberries or blackberry jam over the dough.
Roll the dough up tightly in a cloth, securing the ends and middle.
Boil the rolled dough for an hour or more, or bake it if preferred.
Serve with butter and sugar.
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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Biscuit + blackberrytop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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