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Fruit-topped Naan Bread

Great for a quick breakfast or dessert or whenever the sweet tooth kicks in!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Raisin and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,781 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep4 min
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (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. Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C) and set a rack in the middle.

  2. Spread the softened sweet cream butter evenly over the top of each naan bread.

  3. Spread the peach preserves (or apricot or your favorite preserves) over the buttered naan, leaving a small border at the edges.

  4. Scatter the golden raisins and crushed almonds evenly over the preserves.

  5. Place the naan on a baking sheet and bake for 5 to 6 minutes, until the edges are crisp and the toppings are warm and bubbling.

  6. Let the naan cool for 1 minute on the sheet, then cut into wedges and serve warm.

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. Raisin + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

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

  3. Peach + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together466 recipes

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

  4. Wheat + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together264 recipes

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

  5. Almond + buttertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,198 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, peach, almond, cream, butter):

  1. Raspberrybetter flavor fit
  2. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  3. Apricotbetter flavor fit
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, peach, almond, cream, butter. 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).