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Cannoli Cream with Fresh Fruit

The cream used to fill cannoli is also a nice accompaniment to fresh fruit. Vary the choices according to the season. For a particularly creamy texture, beat together the ricotta-topping ingredients in a food processor or blender. Also, seek out a vendor who makes his or her own fresh ricotta daily for the best results. It will make a noticeable difference in the final taste. Tangy fresh Sicilian ricotta, traditionally made from the whey of sheep’s milk left over from producing pecorino cheese, is especially delicious, although cow’s milk ricotta is also good.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Apricot and kiwifruit share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

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Serves 8.

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. Apricot + kiwifruittop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Vanilla + apricottop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together608 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Vanilla + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Vanilla + kiwifruittop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together73 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the kiwifruit

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, ricotta cheese, sugar, vanilla, lemon, cinnamon, apricot):

  1. Figbetter flavor fit
  2. Orangebetter flavor fit
  3. Peachbetter flavor fit
  4. Kiwifruitthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, ricotta cheese, sugar, vanilla, lemon, cinnamon, apricot. 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).