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Five Spice Caramel Asian Pears with Toasted Sesame Seeds Recipe

Five spice is a popular Chinese spice blend consisting ofSzechuan peppercorns, star anise, cloves, cinnamon, and fennelseeds. A little goes a long way, so use...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and pear match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 334 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Five Spice Caramel Asian Pears with Toasted Sesame Seeds Recipe

10 Caramel Asian Pears

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

490Calories
12 gProtein
21 gFat
69 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Asian Pear1 medium (178g)101
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Syrupnot in our table0
Toasted Sesame Seednot 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 chow. 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 + peartop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together334 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Syrup + condensed milktop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Corn + sesametop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 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 sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, corn, syrup, condensed milk, vanilla, pear):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Hazelnutfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, corn, syrup, condensed milk, vanilla, pear. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.