Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Pandan Extract

Exquisite pandan extract flavour pairings and recipes, revealed through data science.

Pandan extract immediately conjures the embrace of rice and the kiss of coconut, woven with delicate hints of caramel, grass, and honey, contributing remarkable depth. The key to finding the perfect pairing for pandan extract is understanding how these notes harmonise.

To chart these harmonies, we analysed thousands of ingredients, each deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, pinpointing the notes that best complement this ingredient’s profile. Our exploration reveals, for instance, how the pure, salty sodium chloride in salt can ground pandan extract, and how egg yolk's brassica notes forge a beautiful synergy with its starchy aroma.

An ingredient's flavour profile is determined by its core characteristics (e.g. floral, nectarous, and maillard) enhanced by layers of subtle aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim for a mix of core traits to build balance, and select complementary aroma notes to create harmony.

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 Rice Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of rice is strongly associated with the flavour of cabbage. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a cabbagy flavour, such as egg yolk, when pairing with the rice-like accents of pandan extract.

The recipes below provide inspiration for pairing pandan extract with egg yolk.

Harmonious Flavours Of Pandan Extract

Just as our analysis indicated that rice and koji flavour notes are harmonious, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour notes present in pandan extract. For instance, the caramel notes of pandan extract are strongly associated with rosemary and peppery notes.

The notes associated with the various aroma accents of pandan extract can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of salt offers many of the accents complementary to pandan extract, including saline and oceanic aroma accents. Because the flavour profile of salt has many of the of the features that are complementary to pandan extract, they are likely to pair very well together.

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

Recipes That Pair Pandan Extract With Salt

Linked Flavour Notes

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

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

What To Drink With Pandan Extract

The graphite notes in faugères make it a perfect pairing with pandan extract. Likewise, the cedar flavours in lemonade create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of pandan extract 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., Pandan extract), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.