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Grilled Papaya Strawberry Banana Surprise

Using Red Mexican ripe papaya versus Hawaiian green papaya will greatly change the flavor in this easy recipe.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Papaya and banana share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 42 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat a grill to medium-high, about 400°F (204°C), and oil the grate lightly.

  2. Halve the papaya lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, and brush the cut sides with melted butter.

  3. Bring the water and granulated sugar to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until dissolved, then simmer 3 minutes and set aside.

  4. Hull the strawberries and halve any large ones. Peel the bananas and cut them in half lengthwise. Sprinkle the 1 teaspoon sugar over the strawberries and bananas.

  5. Grill the papaya halves cut side down for 3 to 4 minutes until marked and softened.

  6. Place the bananas and strawberries on the grill or in a grill basket and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side until lightly charred.

  7. Flip the papaya halves and grill 2 minutes more.

  8. Arrange the papaya, bananas and strawberries on plates and drizzle with the warm syrup.

By tastykitchen. 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. Papaya + bananatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Cream + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

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

  4. Butter + bananatop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,529 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + buttertop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together98,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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