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Green Tea Panna Cotta with Cardamom Tuile Biscuits

This make-ahead dessert is a doddle to prepare but a real head-turner when it arrives at the table.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and cardamom match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,299 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Green Tea Panna Cotta with Cardamom Tuile Biscuits

Serves 6
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

908Calories
28 gProtein
32 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0
Green Teanot in our table0
Teanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. 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. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Green tea + teatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Sunflower + cardamomtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Sunflower + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cinnamon + teatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the cardamom

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon, green tea, tea):

  1. Nutmegfits about as well
  2. Cardamomthe original
  3. Gingerfits about as well
  4. Clovefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon, green tea, tea. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.