Why it works: Cream and mango work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 168 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Fruit Creams
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare a rich cream and set aside.
Make blanc mango and pour it over the fruit.
Chill the assembled dish on ice before serving.
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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Cream + mangotop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together168 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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