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Strawberry Bavarois with Champagne Jelly, Vanilla Ice Cream and Shortbread

A fresh basil syrup is an inspired pairing with this strawberry dessert, which is garnished with some delicate tuiles.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 31 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and strawberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,385 recipes mention both. Both carry p-vinylguaiacol, which smells spicy, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep2 hr
Cook2 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. Vanilla + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-vinylguaiacol (spicy, fruity).

  2. Champagne + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

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

  4. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

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

  5. Cream + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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