The honey direction is so strong that it allows the ingredient to work well with sour dough bread, rum, beer, passion fruit and aiji mirasol, a Peruvian chili.
Similarly, the rose aspect of the floral aroma is not only found in passionfruit but is also present in other fruits like raspberry and spirits like tequila.
Tamarind also has an intense roasted aroma, caramel, which makes the combination of tamarind with fried meat, chocolate, or coffee so delicious!
The vanilla component allows tamarind to be paired with mostly anything you have to warm up like bread and coffee.
Examples of ingredients that share the spicy aroma are beet root, pineapple, cognac and elderflower.
Although the green aromas are not the tamarind’s largest aroma, it is still strong enough for it to affect what works well with the Colombian ingredient.
It allows bell pepper, beef, butternut, crab and camembert to be great food parings.
Tamarind – Tomato – Tequila – Cinnamon
Tamarind – Bacon – Lemongrass – Chinese Cabbage
Tamarind – Fig – Chocolate – Cream Cheese