Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Blackcurrant

Top flavour pairings and recipes for blackcurrant, according to analysis of thousands of recipes.

Dark sweetness and baccate notes are at the forefront of blackcurrant'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 liquorice, polyphenol, and hints of tea. 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 beef cheek's bovine tones enrich blackcurrant, and how beef chuck's bovine notes create a surprising synergy with its bright sweetness.

An ingredient's flavour comes from its core characteristics, like acidic, floral, and vegetal, 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 Flavour Code

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 Raspberry Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of raspberry is strongly associated with the flavour of beef. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a beefy flavour, such as beef chuck, when pairing with the berry-like aromas of blackcurrant.

The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing blackcurrant with beef chuck.

Harmonious Flavours Of Blackcurrant

Just as our analysis revealed that raspberry and beefy flavour notes are often used together, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavours present in blackcurrant. Similarly, the liquorice flavours of blackcurrant frequently pair with malic and oystery notes.

The accents linked to the various accents of blackcurrant can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of beef cheek offers many of the aromas complementary to blackcurrant, including bovine and ovine notes. Because the flavour profile of beef cheek has many of the of the features that are complementary to blackcurrant, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of beef cheek across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with blackcurrant.

Recipes That Pair Blackcurrant With Beef Cheek

Linked Flavour Notes

Looking at the aromas that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of blackcurrant, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of blackcurrant, 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 blackcurrant.

What To Drink With Blackcurrant

The hazelnut notes in frangelico make it a perfect pairing with blackcurrant. Likewise, the vanilla flavours in feeney’s irish cream liqueur create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of blackcurrant below.

Which Vegetables Go With Blackcurrant?

Choose vegetables that resonate with its spiciness or awaken its green sweetness. Asparagus offers vibrant, clean counterpoints, its verdant freshness lifting the palate. Aubergine add a gentle, oniony brightness, while charlotte potato introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace vegetables that harmonise with blackcurrant's berryness. The addition of ratte potato, with its subtle bovine notes, can complement the raspberry beautifully. Sweet potato bridges earthiness and citrus zest, while mushroom lends a green vegetal notes.

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., Blackcurrant), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.