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Blackberry Pavlovas

Make the most of the brief wild blackberry season with this pretty dessert

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Blackberry Pavlovas

Why it works: Vanilla and blackberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 253 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Blackberry Pavlovas

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

255Calories
9 gProtein
11 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Blackberry1 cup (144g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Blackcurrantnot 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. Vanilla + blackberrytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together253 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  4. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the blackberry

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

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Raspberryfits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Blackberrythe original

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