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fruitd’ester · de chewing-gum · de banane · d’ananas · féculent

Jaque

Mûr, il sent le Juicy Fruit ; vert, il s’effiloche comme du porc et se fait passer pour de la viande.

on its own
1.0sour
3.0sweet
1.0savoury
0.0bitter
0.0umami
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1 of these 12 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

12 pairings for Jaque.

Grated coconut and jackfruit is the Kerala default; the fat holds those loud esters.

Cardamome

common

Eucalyptol is the only thing sharp enough to cut through that much bubblegum ester.

Curcuma

common

Earthy bitterness gives green shredded fruit the savoury floor it is pretending to have.

Ghee

common

Nutty butterfat carries the esters and stops the starch from tasting like wet paper.

Smoke and sweet red are doing the work the missing pork was supposed to do.

Fried in hot oil first; the leaf's pinene resin is what stops the dish reading as fruit.

Popped in oil, isothiocyanates cut sweetness faster than acid does in a dry curry.

Poivre noir

uncommon

Piperine gives shredded green flesh a bite that texture alone cannot supply.

Banane

rare

Same isoamyl acetate. Ripe, they are close enough that people confuse the smell.

Fermented funk turns the green fruit properly savoury without any meat in the pot.

Brie

wild

Ripe rind esters and jackfruit esters overlap; both smell of fruit going slightly wrong.