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Cherry and Plum Bruschetta

The combination of creamy ricotta, sweet cherry and plum mixture, rich olive oil, and a little salt is addictive. We’ll be serving this bruschetta for breakfast, brunch, and dessert all summer.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cherry and Plum Bruschetta

Why it works: Plum and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 171 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Cherry and Plum Bruschetta

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

471Calories
13 gProtein
24 gFat
49 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Nectarinenot in our table0
Beannot in our table0

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

By bonappetit. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Plum + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Vanilla + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Plum + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,266 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Olive + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,499 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, olive, vanilla, milk):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, olive, vanilla, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.