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Fruity Coconut Creams

A quick low-fat pud that's easy to made and easy to adapt

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,214 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Make up the coconut cream sachet with cold water following the packet directions, then whisk until thick and fluffy.

  2. Beat the Greek yogurt or quark with the sieved icing sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.

  3. Gently fold the whipped coconut cream into the yogurt mixture until evenly combined.

  4. Peel the kiwi fruit and cut into small cubes or thin slices.

  5. Drain the canned pineapple chunks well and pat dry on kitchen paper.

  6. Spoon the cream into four glasses, layering with the kiwi and pineapple. Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving.

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Coconut + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,214 recipes

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

  2. Vanilla + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together911 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Coconut + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,294 recipes

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

  4. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together651 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, cream, yogurt, sugar, vanilla):

  1. Strawberryabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Bananaabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Pineapplethe original
  4. Raspberryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, cream, yogurt, sugar, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).