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Peaches with Lemon Verbena Cream

Some leaves deserve to infiltrate the dessert menu, like this lemon verbena, infused here in a whipped cream that can be spooned over just about anything, like peaches.

By bonappetit · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Peaches with Lemon Verbena Cream

Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Peaches with Lemon Verbena Cream

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

273Calories
2 gProtein
17 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemon Verbenajuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Lemon verbena + peachtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Peach + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together860 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the lemon verbena

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

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Lemon verbenathe original

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