Food heaven pairings

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I’m a pretty experimental cook.
Enjoy cooking from scratch and find the whole process relaxing.

Rustled up a quick fridge/store cupboard pasta tonight as I quite often do on a lazy Sunday and it was so bland!

Got me thinking which ingredients go together to create mouth watering tastes.
So sage and pork, Chicken and tarragon, Beef and red wine etc

Any suggestions welcome for next time so I don’t end up with bland pasta and for new meal ideas!

Carrots and honey
Aubergine and harissa
Fish and lemon
Duck and orange
Prawns, garlic and chilli
Garlic and everything

Watching with interest as I’m doing a quick pasta sauce tomorrow night and want some tips - I’ve got passata and herby bits...

@whitesockss yum. Aubergine and harissa! Will give that a go!

Cod and chorizo
Sausage and apple
Sausage and mustard
Goats cheese and beetroot

There's a book called The Flavour Thesaurus that is about this very thing. It was from that book that I learned parsnip and peas go really well together (parsnip and pea soup)

Cut an aubergine in half lengthways, criss cross the flesh. Mix honey, harissa paste and lemon juice and brush (generously!) over the aubergines.

Bake at 200c for 25 mins. Serve with couscous, crumbled feta and pomegranate. Delicious!

Minted pears with your roast lamb

Goats cheese, honey and walnut
Rocket and lemon
Tomato and basil
Cheese and mustard
Mackerel and horseradish
Cauliflower and cheese

Chicken & paprika

roasted beetroot and cumin seeds
toasted sesame oil and lemon juice (good as a salad dressing with lots of chilli flakes!)
caramelised onions and apple

Chorizo , cumin and tomato
Chicken with grain mustard , lemon and honey
Poached eggs , avocado and chilli sauce
Beetroot and feta salad

Of course, pork and applesauce
Salmon and Miso
Cheddar cheese and apple pie
Coffee and cream
Chocolate and chilli
Peanut butter and banana
Fried fish and tartar sauce
Cheese and pickles
Strawberries and balsamic vinegar
Cherries and star anise
Chocolate and orange
Popcorn and nutritional yeast
Noodles and soy sauce

Just eating a roast chicken and blue cheese (gorgonzola but Stilton works well) sandwich ... Bloody gorgeous.

Egg and bacon is my favourite combo

Halloumi and watermelon 😍

Smoked salmon and horseradish

A few fennel seeds are a lovely addition to tomato sauces or meatballs etc

Basil and tomato
Cucumber and feta cheese
Egg, black pepper and mayonnaise
French toast with cinnamon sugar
Halloumi and pomegranate
Mashed potato and gravy
Poached egg and hollandaise sauce
Tomato and cheese
Tuna, cucumber and sweetcorn

Heritage tomatoes and fresh thyme. Unbelievably nicer than it sounds. Way better than tomato and basil or oregano.

Pork and nutmeg

Butternut squash and smoky paprika

Pumpkin and fried sage

Thank you all!
Some great ones on here i would never have thought of.
Mouth is watering reading them!