Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Bergamot
Unlock the perfect flavour pairings for bergamot according to data science. Explore unique recipes and discover the hidden mathematics of flavour.
Citrus floralness and aurantium notes are at the forefront of bergamot's flavour profile, but identifying its perfect partner requires exploring its subtle nuances. We must examine the complex interplay of notes within its bouquet, like grapefruit, blossom, and hints of cedar. We need to understand how these notes affect each other and which complementary flavors they harmonise with.
To map these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, breaking each one down across 150 flavour dimensions, identifying which notes complement and contrast. Our analysis reveals, for example, how white chocolate's lacteal tones enrich bergamot, and how condensed milk's saccharine notes create a surprising synergy with its citrus floralness.
Flavour Profile Of Bergamot Across 150 Dimensions Of Flavour
Longer dark blue lines indicate stronger flavour notes
An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like floral, herbal, and acidic, combined with its unique aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim to include a broad variety of core characteristics for a balanced dish. And choose aroma notes that complement each other for a harmonious combination.
The Art of Flavour Pairing
To understand how flavour notes harmonise, we analysed more than 50,000 popular ingredient combinations. By exploring these pairings, we identified specific flavour notes that frequently occur together, indicating they share a harmonious relationship.
The Flavours That Harmonise With Bergamot Notes
Strength of Association Between Flavours
The flavours most associated with bergamot notes are: Sugary, Apricot, Limestone, Peach, Honey, Almond, Ficus, Banana, Malic, Pear, Passion fruit, Rose, Gentian, Pineapple, Jasmine.
Our analysis shows that the flavour of bergamot is strongly associated with the flavour of sugar. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a sugary flavour, such as condensed milk, when pairing with the bergamot accents of bergamot.
The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing bergamot with condensed milk.
Harmonious Flavours Of Bergamot
Just as our statistical analysis showed that bergamot and sugary notes are harmonious, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour notes present in bergamot. For instance, the orangey notes of bergamot are strongly associated with gentian and malic notes.
The notes associated with the various aromas of bergamot can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.
Flavour Profile Of Bergamot And Its Complementary Flavour Notes
Longer dark blue lines indicate stronger flavour notes and white lines indicate complementary flavour notes
Matching Flavour Profiles
The flavour profile of white chocolate offers many of the aroma accents complementary to bergamot, including lacteal and sugary aromas. Because the flavour profile of white chocolate has many of the features that are complementary to bergamot, they are likely to pair very well together.
Prominent Flavour Notes Of White Chocolate Are Represented By Longer Bars
Longer dark blue lines indicate stronger flavour notes
The chart above shows the unique profile of white chocolate across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with bergamot.
Recipes That Pair Bergamot With White Chocolate
Linked Flavour Notes
Looking at the notes that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of bergamot, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.
Bergamot's Harmonious Flavours And Complementary Ingredients
Bergamot's Strongest Flavours
Complementary Flavours
Ingredients with Complementary Flavours
Flavour groups:
Nectarous
Acidic
Floral
Vegetal
Maillard
Earthy
Woody
Carnal
The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of bergamot, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the aroma notes complementary to bergamot.
What To Drink With Bergamot
The sugary notes in simple syrup make it a perfect pairing with bergamot. Likewise, the sugary flavours in late harvest create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of bergamot below.
How Flavonomics Works
We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.
Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.
Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.
We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.
These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Bergamot), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.
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