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Mascarpone-Stuffed French Toast with Blackberries

These sandwiches, filled with a lightly sweetened mascarpone cheese filling, elevate French toast to the centerpiece of a brunch party. Other fresh berries or fruits, such as blackberries, olallieberries, peaches, nectarines or plums, can be added to, or substituted for, the blackberries. If you are expecting a crowd, this recipe can be easily doubled. Serve the French toast with orange blossom maple syrup or regular maple syrup.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Mascarpone-Stuffed French Toast with Blackberries

Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Mascarpone-Stuffed French Toast with Blackberries

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1266Calories
40 gProtein
49 gFat
168 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange Flower1 medium (131g)62
Blackberry1 cup (144g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Briochenot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

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

  3. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Maple syrup + vanillatop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together752 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar 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 lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, orange, vanilla, cheese, sugar, bread, egg):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, orange, vanilla, cheese, sugar, bread, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.