Why it works: Raspberry and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,308 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Raspberry Dumplings
Ingredients
Directions
Roll out the puff pastry.
Spread raspberry jam over the pastry.
Roll the pastry up tightly.
Boil the rolled pastry for a little more than 1 hour.
Cut the boiled pastry into slices.
Pour melted butter into a serving dish.
Serve the slices with the melted butter.
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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Raspberry + buttertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,308 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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