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Mango and Goat Cheese Delight

"This is absolutely heavenly. My sister made this for me one day, and now I cannot get enough of it."

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Why it works: Mango and goat cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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 oven to 400°F (200°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Pour the beaten eggs into a shallow dish and the dry bread crumbs into a second shallow dish.

  3. Dip each goat cheese slice into the beaten egg, let the excess drip off, then press it into the bread crumbs to coat both sides.

  4. Place the coated cheese slices on the prepared baking sheet and chill them for 10 minutes so the coating firms up.

  5. Bake for 8 minutes, until the crumbs are golden and the egg is set and the coating reaches 160°F (71°C) in the center.

  6. While the cheese bakes, tear the watercress into bite-sized pieces and arrange it on a serving platter.

  7. Peel, seed and slice the mango, then scatter the slices over the watercress.

  8. Arrange the warm breaded goat cheese over the mango and watercress 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. Mango + goat cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

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

  2. Egg + breadtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together22,584 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Watercress + eggtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together582 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  4. Watercress + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together307 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Mango + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10 recipes

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

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