Why it works: Cream and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓
Fig Fritters
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the figs in half and place two chopped cherries in each half.
Close the figs back up.
Make a batter with cream and eggs, then dip the figs in the batter.
Fry the figs in boiling fat for three to four minutes until brown.
Serve with almond sauce.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Cream + eggtop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together42,166 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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Fig + creamtop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together523 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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Fig + eggtop 27% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,406 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Cream and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 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
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Raspberryfits better
- Strawberryfits better
- Figthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cream, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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