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Crostini with Brie Cheese, Strawberries, Honey & Basil Recipe

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Why it works: Brie and honey work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl butyrate, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 12 crostini

Ingredients

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

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By cookincanuck. 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. Brie + honeytop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  2. Brie + cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together161 recipes

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

  3. Cheese + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together259 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Honey + basiltop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together236 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Cheese + basiltop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together685 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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