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Adult Cherry Vanilla Frozen Yogurt

"I used a Kitchen Aid® ice cream attachment to make this frozen yogurt. I call it adult because it has liquor in the ingredients. I hope you enjoy this as much as my family does."

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Why it works: Vanilla and yogurt are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,191 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Drain the cherries well, then pat them dry and roughly chop them, reserving a few whole cherries for garnish if desired.

  2. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine half the chopped cherries with the white sugar and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and the cherries soften, about 5 minutes.

  3. Stir in the creme de cassis and simmer 2 minutes more, then let the cherry mixture cool to room temperature.

  4. In a large bowl, whisk together the vanilla Greek yogurt, evaporated milk, half-and-half and milk until smooth.

  5. Fold the cooled cherry mixture and the remaining chopped cherries into the yogurt base.

  6. Cover and chill the mixture in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour, until cold.

  7. Pour the chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer's directions, about 20 to 25 minutes, until thick and soft-set.

  8. Transfer to a freezer-safe container, press parchment or plastic wrap onto the surface, and freeze at least 4 hours until firm. Scoop and serve.

By allrecipes. 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. Vanilla + yogurttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,191 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Vanilla + milktop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

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

  3. Vanilla + sugartop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

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

  4. Yogurt + milktop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,358 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Evaporated milk + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Vanilla and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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