Why it works: Sherry and coconut work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 53 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓
Snowdon Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the top off the sponge cake.
Pour enough sherry over the cake to soak it through.
Let it stand for some time.
Before serving, pour good custard over the cake.
Grate coconut over the top 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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Sherry + coconuttop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together53 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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