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Flavours of Peach Melba

This is a modern take on the classic French dessert comprising flavours of raspberries, peaches and vanilla.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Why it works: Raspberry and peach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 190 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Flavours of Peach Melba

Serves 4
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

320Calories
10 gProtein
12 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Raspberry + peachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

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

  2. Peach + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together558 recipes

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

  3. Raspberry + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together950 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  4. Vanilla + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Raspberry + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, egg, cream, raspberry, peach, vanilla, almond):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg, cream, raspberry, peach, vanilla, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.