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Grilled Balsamic-Glazed Nectarines

Grilled nectarines and peaches not only make a simple dessert, but also are delicious served atop grilled meats such as pork tenderloin. You can use this method to grill other summer stone fruits, such as plums, pluots or apricots.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Peach and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 558 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Peach + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together558 recipes

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

  2. Vanilla + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together12,294 recipes

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

  3. Peach + vinegartop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together348 recipes

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

  4. Peach + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together721 recipes

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

  5. Vinegar + vanillatop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together804 recipes

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

Vanilla and cream share little aroma chemistry, yet 12,294 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 vanilla

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

  1. Raspberrybetter flavor fit
  2. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  3. Apricotbetter flavor fit
  4. Vanillathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peach, vinegar, cream. 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).