Why it works: Pineapple and champagne work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 97 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓
Curacao, Maraschino, Noyon Punch
Ingredients
Directions
Freeze the sherbet until solid.
Once frozen, stir in the champagne, sauterne, or rum.
Add the cordial and mix well.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Pineapple + champagnetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together97 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
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