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Buttermilk Panna Cotta, Cherries, Pistachios and Basil

Prepare this recipe in late spring or summer, when cherries reach their seasonal peak. Created by Chef Tyler Florence, the dessert combines creamy buttermilk panna cotta and poached cherries with a garnish of crunchy pistachios and fresh basil buds.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Basil and pistachio work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 29 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8.

Ingredients

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. Basil + pistachiotop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Lemon + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,820 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

  5. Gelatin + creamtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,628 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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 lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (gelatin, buttermilk, cream, sugar, vanilla, beans, cinnamon):

  1. Blueberrybetter flavor fit
  2. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  3. Figbetter flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against gelatin, buttermilk, cream, sugar, vanilla, beans, cinnamon. 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).