'Best' Christmas dinner flavour combinations revealed (but will you be trying them?)

Everyone knows turkey and cranberry are a match made in heaven, however what about turkey and chocolate?

A brand new desk printed immediately reveals one of the best Christmas dinner flavour combos - and a few are utterly weird.

From blue cheese and Brussels sprouts to chocolate on bacon, many of those good pairings are combos most of us may have by no means even thought-about attempting earlier than.

However apparently they actually do work collectively. 

A brand new desk printed immediately reveals one of the best Christmas dinner flavour combos - and a few are utterly weird

The chart by Gousto says that turkey and chocolate are an ideal pairing, regardless of not being a well-known mixture

The desk, by recipe subscription field firm Gousto, lists the most typical substances in a Christmas dinner throughout horizontal and vertical axis, together with Brussels sprouts, parsnips, cranberry and brandy.

Utilizing white dots to point when a meals matches with one other ingredient, it charts the flavour combos that work finest collectively.

First pick an ingredient, both from the highest or the aspect of the chart.

Then observe the road alongside to see which ingredient it pairs effectively with – that are marked with white dots.

Utilizing white dots to point when a meals matches with one other ingredient, the graphic charts the flavour combos that work finest collectively

Then you possibly can strive introducing a couple of of those pairing solutions in your cooking this Christmas.

Some flavour combos are extra shocking than others.

Turkey clearly pairs effectively with cranberry, brussels sprouts, chesnut, potatoes, parsnips, bacon and sage.

However it additionally goes effectively with chocolate, prunes, dates and figs, based on the flavour chart. 

Gousto suggests fry Brussels sprouts with some chestnuts and bacon for a livelier festive aspect dish than common

And in the event you're bored of simply steaming or boiling your Brussels sprouts for Christmas dinner, why not strive topping them with blue cheese.

In keeping with the chart, they're going to work properly with them.

Or in the event you do not wish to take such an enormous danger, you possibly can all the time fry them with some chestnuts and bacon for a livelier festive aspect dish, says the graphic.

Different weird - however apparently scrumptious - combos embody orange with smoked salmon, bacon and ginger,  and smoked salmon with cranberry.

Among the substances have as many as 17 potential pairings. 

However a weblog on Gousto's web site advises: 'Now, we're not suggesting you pop all of these collectively in a dish – an excessive amount of of a superb factor. 

'However you can also make some mouth-watering Brussels sprouts by combining them with chestnuts and bacon.' 

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