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Rhubarb and Honeycomb Trifle

Rhubarb poached in ginger and lime, mixed into a trifle with sponge and honeycomb spinkled cream.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 31 ingredients
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Why it works: Rhubarb and honey work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 75 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rhubarb + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Sherry + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, flour, sherry, milk, vanilla):

  1. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  2. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  3. Cloveabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, egg, flour, sherry, milk, vanilla. 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).