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fruitperfumed · floral · bitter · lavender · resinous

Bergamot

Grown in Calabria for perfume and tea, not for eating. The juice is undrinkable and that is fine.

on its own
5.0sour
0.0sweet
0.0savoury
4.0bitter
0.0umami
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2 of these 14 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

14 pairings for Bergamot.

Cream

classic

Fat catches the perfume and slows it; infuse cold, then set with the acid.

Earl Grey

classic

It is the definition, not a pairing. Linalyl acetate over malt, nothing else.

Cocoa bitterness meets peel bitterness; the floral note is what survives both.

Honey

common

Floral sugar to floral peel. It is the same register at two different volumes.

Lavender

common

Both are mostly linalyl acetate. Use one or the other, never a full measure of each.

Sugar

common

The peel is candied because nothing else makes that bitterness edible.

Almond

uncommon

Benzaldehyde is floral enough to keep up and blunt enough to give the perfume a floor.

Olive oil

uncommon

Calabria dresses raw fish with the zest and good oil. Nothing else in the bowl.

Gin

uncommon

A botanical the distillers should use more; juniper and bergamot share resins.

Sweet shellfish and perfume, no acid needed beyond a grating of the peel.

Bitter perfume cuts liver fat where a sweet jelly would just add weight.

Oyster

wild

Perfume on iodine. It should not work and it does, provided you use only zest.

Lamb

wild

Peel oil against mutton fat; it reads like a herb rub rather than a citrus.