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Blackberry Crisp Ice Cream

On the drive up to Lake Tahoe, M and I made a quick pitstop to pick berries. M's favorite fruit is raspberries of all kinds and m

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 43,437 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Cream + sugartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

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

  3. Vanilla + oatstop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  5. Maple syrup + oatstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together298 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

Vanilla and sugar 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 (milk, cream, vanilla, egg, sugar, maple syrup, oats):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, cream, vanilla, egg, sugar, maple syrup, oats. 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).