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Yogurt and Lemon Thyme Panna Cotta with Summer Berry Soup

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Why it works: Yogurt and red wine work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 53 recipes mention both. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

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6 servings
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By bunkycooks. 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. Yogurt + red winetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Vanilla + rumtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together727 recipes

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

  4. Rum + red winetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, sugar, gelatin, vanilla, rum, lemon, thyme):

  1. Almondabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Beansthe original
  3. Chestnutabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Pistachioabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, sugar, gelatin, vanilla, rum, lemon, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).