Why it works: Vanilla and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓
Macaroon Ice Cream
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 200°C (400°F) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
Place the macaroons in the oven and dry them for a few minutes.
Let the macaroons cool for 15 to 20 minutes.
Pound the cooled macaroons in a mortar and sift them onto a sheet of white paper.
In a bowl, mix the sifted macaroons thoroughly with the vanilla ice cream using a spatula.
Pour the mixture into a mold, cover tightly, and freeze.
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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Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together12,301 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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