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Yogurt Parfaits with Berry Jam & Granola

A bowl of plain yogurt is made extra special with a swirl of berry jam and a sprinkle of homemade granola. You can tailor the granola recipe to your liking, such as substituting sunflower seeds or chopped pecans for the almonds and dried cranberries for the cherries.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and berry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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

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By williamssonoma. 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. Coconut + berrytop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Almond + raisintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  3. Honey + yogurttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Oats + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Almond + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oats, almond, coconut, sugar, honey, canola oil, yogurt):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Blueberrybetter flavor fit
  3. Mangobetter flavor fit
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oats, almond, coconut, sugar, honey, canola oil, yogurt. 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).