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Gourmet Root Beer Float

"Tall glasses overflowing with root beer and vanilla ice cream. Top with whipped cream and cherries for a touch of elegance."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Gourmet Root Beer Float

Why it works: Vanilla and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

Gourmet Root Beer Float

2 servings
Prep2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories
3 gProtein
11 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Ice Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

  1. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  2. Vanilla + beertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Cream + beertop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together155 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, beer):

  1. Strawberryfits about as well
  2. Vanillathe original
  3. Raspberryfits about as well
  4. Applefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, beer. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.