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Warm Plums with Honey and Greek Yogurt

When plums reach their peak in summer, try this easy (and healthy) dessert. Choose plums that are ripe but still a bit firm to the touch so they will hold their shape during baking.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Warm Plums with Honey and Greek Yogurt

Why it works: Vanilla and plum match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 171 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Warm Plums with Honey and Greek Yogurt

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories
23 gProtein
25 gFat
52 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pistachio1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels)159
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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. Vanilla + plumtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Honey + yogurttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  3. Vanilla + pistachiotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together407 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Honey + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,262 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the pistachio

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (honey, sugar, vanilla, plum, butter, yogurt):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits about as well
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Pistachiothe original

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