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English Trifle with Pears and Dried Cherries

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Raspberry and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 948 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl benzoate, which smells fruity, sweet. The science ↓

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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. Raspberry + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together948 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  2. Sherry + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  4. Raspberry + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together547 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 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 bartlett pear

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, raspberry, almond, sherry, cream, sugar, vanilla):

  1. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  2. Blackberrybetter flavor fit
  3. Peachbetter flavor fit
  4. Bartlett pearthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, raspberry, almond, sherry, cream, sugar, vanilla. 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).