Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Mango

Exquisite mango flavour pairings and recipes, revealed through data science.

Tropical sweetness and drupaceous notes are at the forefront of mango'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 apricot, passion fruit, and hints of honey. 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 findings reveal, for instance, how cardamom's pomeloide tones can cut through mango, or how piment d'Espelette's eugenol notes create an unexpectedly harmonious bridge with the tropical sweetness.

An ingredient's flavour stems from its core characteristics, such as nectarous, floral, or acidic, combined with layers of subtle flavour notes (outer bars). For a balanced dish, pair ingredients with a variety of core flavours, and choose complementary aroma notes for harmony.

The Secret Language of Flavour

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 Mango Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of mango is strongly associated with the flavour of allspice. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a allspice-like flavour, such as piment d'Espelette, when pairing with the mango-like aromas of mango.

The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing mango with piment d'Espelette.

Harmonious Flavours Of Mango

Just as our analysis found that mango and allspice-like flavour notes are often used together, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavours present in mango. For instance, the peachy notes of mango are strongly associated with koji and orangey flavours.

The notes complementing the various aromas of mango can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of cardamom offers many of the aromas complementary to mango, including grapefruit and bergamot accents. Because the flavour profile of cardamom has many of the of the features that are complementary to mango, they are likely to pair very well together.

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

Recipes That Pair Mango With Cardamom

Linked Flavour Notes

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

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of mango, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the notes complementary to mango.

What To Drink With Mango

The cedar notes in lemonade make it a perfect pairing with mango. Likewise, the lacteal flavours in estremadura create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of mango below.

Which Vegetables Go With Mango?

Choose vegetables that anchor its sharpness or ground its turpentine sweetness. Enoki mushroom and bell pepper offer vibrant, clean counterpoints, their verdant freshness lifting the palate. Sorrel add a gentle, oniony brightness, while riso venere introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace vegetables that harmonise with mango's tartness. The addition of piquillo pepper, with its subtle capsicum notes, can complement the sour apple beautifully, while poblano pepper lends a mild pepper aroma.

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