Why it works: Cream and fig work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 523 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓
Ice Cream and Figs
Ingredients
Directions
Scoop ice cream into sherbet glasses.
Cut preserved figs into small pieces.
Pour hot water over the figs to release more juice.
Place a few pieces of figs on the ice cream.
Drizzle a little of the fig juice over the top.
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 + figtop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together523 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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