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fleurd’indole · de fleur blanche · miellée · verte · animale

Jasmin

La moitié de son arôme, c’est de l’indole — la même odeur qu’un caniveau. Un mauvais dosage, et tout le monde le sait.

on its own
0.0sour
1.0sweet
0.0savoury
1.0bitter
0.0umami
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6 of these 16 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

16 pairings for Jasmin.

Thé vert

classic

Scented cold, overnight, blossom on leaf. The tea takes indole and gives back grass.

Different molecules, same impression. Steam a blossom on top and nobody queries it.

Litchi

common

Linalool in both, but the fruit brings juice and stops the flower going airless.

Miel

common

Phenylethanol bridges them; the sugar also weighs the volatiles down onto the plate.

Sucre

common

Syrup is the only reliable carrier. Dry heat destroys the flower in under a minute.

Noix de coco

uncommon

Lauric fat holds indole for a long time, which is a gift and a trap at once.

Mangue

uncommon

Heavy lactone fruit needs a top note. One flower per bowl, steeped and removed.

Pêche

uncommon

Ionone and indole are both faintly animal. The fruit makes that read as ripeness.

No cocoa solids to compete, so the flower is the whole flavour. Easy to overshoot.

Steam over blossom water; shell sweetness takes floral where oily fish would not.

Laitue

wild

Both green-floral. An infused dressing gives butterhead a secret.

Poulet

wild

Jasmine and chicken skin share indolic notes. Steam the bird over it.

Same 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline. The flower is the grain, concentrated.

Skatole in cured pork and indole in the flower are neighbours. Both animal, both risky.

Truffle's rot is dimethyl sulfide, the flower's is indole. Together it stops smelling like a flower.

Sel

wild

Salted floral syrup: sodium turns perfume into something you can eat.