Name: Naturally Sweetened Balsamic Berries
Prep time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups Fresh Strawberries, Hulled, Quartered Or Sliced; 2 cups Fresh Blueberries; 4 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar; ¼ teaspoons Powdered Stevia*

Naturally Sweetened Balsamic Berries

Fresh berries are the easiest party dessert and a real people pleaser as well. Most everyone loves fresh fruit—and berries with balsamic vinegar will be no exception. Maybe you’ve never tried fresh fruit with vinegar and think it wouldn’t be your cup of tea, BUT trust me on this, one bite and you’ll discover what a perfect pairing it is.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients

Why it works: Strawberry and blueberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 427 recipes. Both carry 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone, which smells spice. The science ↓

Naturally Sweetened Balsamic Berries

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Ingredients

2 cups Fresh Strawberries, Hulled, Quartered Or Sliced
2 cups Fresh Blueberries
4 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
¼ teaspoons Powdered Stevia*

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

136Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

33 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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.

Strawberry + blueberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together427 recipes

Shared aroma: 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone (spice).
Strawberry + vinegartop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together298 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Blueberry + vinegartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together82 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

Swap the blueberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (strawberry, vinegar):

Pineapplefits better
Raspberryfits better
Plumfits better
Blueberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against strawberry, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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