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Purple Fruits with Lavender Syrup

This gorgeous dessert is not only easy to prepare but is also healthful. It features two purple fruits—plums and black grapes—which are rich in antioxidants.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Purple Fruits with Lavender Syrup

Why it works: Plum and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 238 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Purple Fruits with Lavender Syrup

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

243Calories
1 gProtein
12 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Lavendernot in our table0
Flowernot 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. Plum + grapetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together238 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Grape + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,028 recipes

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

  3. Plum + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together710 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + plumtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,313 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the plum

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Plumthe original

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