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Almond-Raspberry Meringue Bars

"These chewy, delicious bars also have a touch of coconut."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and red raspberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 13 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

3 dozen
Prep20 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, 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 (175°C) and grease a 9x13-inch pan.

  2. In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, packed brown sugar and almond paste until smooth, then beat in the egg and almond extract.

  3. Mix in the flour until a crumbly dough forms. Press two-thirds of the dough evenly into the bottom of the pan.

  4. Bake the base for 15 minutes, until just set and lightly golden at the edges.

  5. Spread the seedless raspberry jam evenly over the warm base.

  6. Beat the egg whites until foamy, then gradually add the white sugar and beat to stiff, glossy peaks.

  7. Spread the meringue over the jam, then crumble the remaining dough over the top and sprinkle with the flaked coconut.

  8. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until the meringue is golden and the eggs are fully set. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

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. Almond + red raspberrytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Almond + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,091 recipes

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

  3. Almond + flourtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Butter + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,456 recipes

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

  5. Butter + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,198 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the red raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, sugar, almond, flour, coconut):

  1. Vanillabetter flavor fit
  2. Raisinbetter flavor fit
  3. Figbetter flavor fit
  4. Red raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, sugar, almond, flour, coconut. 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).