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Lemon Panna Cotta with Lemon Caramel

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Lemon Panna Cotta with Lemon Caramel

Why it works: Sunflower and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 352 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Lemon Panna Cotta with Lemon Caramel

Makes 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

261Calories
9 gProtein
14 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Waternot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Sunflower + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Sunflower + milktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together304 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, milk, cream, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Blueberryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, milk, cream, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.