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Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,294 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4 with plenty of leftover muesli
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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. Heat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease a large baking tray lightly with a little of the extra butter.

  2. Melt the 50g butter in a small saucepan over low heat with the honey and vanilla extract, stirring until smooth.

  3. Put the oats, mixed nuts and coconut in a large bowl. Pour over the warm honey mixture and stir until everything is evenly coated.

  4. Spread the mixture thinly on the prepared tray and bake for 12 minutes, stirring once halfway, until golden. Leave to cool on the tray.

  5. Once cool, stir the mixed dried fruits and the optional crystallised ginger into the muesli.

  6. Peel the mango, cut the flesh away from the stone and dice it. Rinse the blueberries and drain well.

  7. Divide the yogurt among bowls and spoon the muesli over the top. Finish each bowl with mango and blueberries.

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

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

  2. Almond + raisintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  3. Oats + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

  4. Honey + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,262 recipes

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

  5. Oats + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mixed nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, honey, oats, almond, coconut, vanilla, raisin):

  1. Pecansbetter flavor fit
  2. Flaxseedbetter flavor fit
  3. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  4. Mixed nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, honey, oats, almond, coconut, vanilla, raisin. 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).