Name: Fruits in Golden Sauce
Ingredients: 400 grams ripe bananas; 400 grams strawberries or 200 grams peaches; 200 grams pineapple; 200 grams figs; -- For the sauce; 1 teacup pulp of alphonso mango; 2 tablespoons fresh low fat yoghurt

Why it works: Fig and mango share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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

-- For the fruits
400 grams ripe bananas
400 grams strawberries or 200 grams peaches
200 grams pineapple
200 grams figs
-- For the sauce
1 teacup pulp of alphonso mango
2 tablespoons fresh low fat yoghurt

Directions

Prepare the fruit

Slice the banana and halve the strawberries.
If you are using peaches and pineapple, slice them. Halve the figs.

Make the sauce and serve

Mix the mango pulp and yogurt very well to make the sauce.
Pour the sauce over the fruits and refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Explore the science

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.

Fig + mangotop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together6 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Pineapple + mangotop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together224 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Banana + pineappletop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together732 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Peach + mangotop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together59 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
Peach + pineappletop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together168 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Alphonso mango pulp: Provides the main sweet, fruity flavour and a smooth body for the sauce.
Low fat yoghurt: Adds tanginess and a creamy texture that thickens the mango pulp into a sauce.
Ripe bananas: Add natural sweetness and a soft, creamy texture to the fruit mix.
Strawberries: Add tartness and bright flavour that balances the sweetness of the other fruits.

Flavor stand-ins for the fig

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, peach, pineapple, sauce, mango):

Strawberrybetter flavor fit
Apricotbetter flavor fit
Plumbetter flavor fit
Figthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against banana, peach, pineapple, sauce, mango. 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).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.