You must have heard this quote: “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” and the same goes for combination foods as well. Sometimes unusual food combinations look gross, but once we taste them it says otherwise. Cooking is always fun if you are passionate about it. And an even more fun part is trying different food items to create a recipe. You must have seen Master chef or many cooking channels where they show elegant food recipes that looks wonderful from outside and taste amazing from inside too. Many don’t prefer making cooking part too complex that’s why they don’t like to try new things out, but honestly this is the fun part. Who knows your food combination can become the next big recipe. So, this slideshow will show you some amazing combination of foods that may not look wonderful but in terms of taste, it makes things one sided.
Peanut butter and pickle
Sounds kind of weird but it tastes very good. This is the type of food makes people often look away until they try them by self. It contains creaminess texture of peanut butter that softening the sharp saltiness of the pickle, while pickles give you richness of tangy flavor right into your mouth. The combination of bread, peanut butter, and pickles goes correctly altogether. You must try them at least for once and you will love it defiantly.
French fries and vanilla ice cream
This one looks like a sloppy mess when you dip your hot salty potato fries into a cold sweet milkshake or ice cream. The extreme temperature difference might shock your teeth but food science shows our brains naturally love the mix of salt and sugar together. Fast food fans actually swear by this combo because the crunchy and soft textures balance each other out beautifully.
Fresh watermelon and feta cheese
A plate of red watery fruit mixed with crumbly white cheese looks like a weird salad accident. But famous chefs and food magazines always recommend this for summer because the salty feta cheese makes the sweet watermelon taste even sweeter and juicier. Add a little mint leaf on top and it becomes a very refreshing snack that leaves you totally surprised.
Olive oil over vanilla ice cream
It’s understandable why pouring cooking oil on ice cream is a bit nerve-racking, and quite frankly sounds like it would be messy, but once you give it a taste it’s a sweet, fruity addition to plain old vanilla ice cream, and creates a really high-end dessert. For even more flavor, a dash of sea salt brings all of those notes to life.
Pepperoni pizza with honey
Putting sticky sweet honey over hot cheesy pizza slices looks like a child was playing with food in the kitchen. But the spicy kick from the meat and the heavy cheese gets balanced out by the pure sweetness of the honey. It is a crazy mix of spicy and sweet and salty that makes you want to eat the whole box by yourself.
Dark chocolate and avocado
Dark chocolate with avocado? Many will think definitely not meant to be together but this is where this recipe does the magic. By looking at it you might think “is this even going to taste good?” But yes it tastes delicious. This food combination is very healthy because avocados contain healthy fats and with chocolate it becomes very creamy without any cream. It gives you a smooth pudding texture with healthy green cream. Try making one for yourself and you will love it.
Strawberries with balsamic vinegar
Dark sour vinegar poured over bright red sweet berries looks like you ruined a perfectly good bowl of fruit. Italian cooks have used this trick for years because the acid in the vinegar actually brings out the natural sugars hidden inside the strawberries. The strong sour smell goes away quickly and you are left with a very deep and sweet fruit flavor.
Cured meat and sweet melon
Wrapping thin slices of salty pink meat around bright orange fruit looks like a strange party snack from the past. Traditional European food guides praise this dish because the chewy salty meat wraps around the watery sweet melon and creates a fun texture party. The juices from the melon help wash down the dry salty meat perfectly.
Soy sauce and vanilla ice cream
Dropping dark salty Asian sauce onto bright white ice cream looks very unappetizing and wrong on many levels. But food scientists explain that soy sauce has umami flavor which basically acts like liquid salted caramel when it hits the sweet cream. It gives you a rich savory dessert that tricks your brain in the best way possible.
Cheddar cheese and apple pie
People in places like America have been doing this for a long time and food historians say it started back in old dairy farms. Melted cheese on top of a warm sweet apple pie looks like a cooking mistake but the salty taste cuts through the sugar perfectly. You get that warm sweet fruit mixed with sharp cheese and it creates a rich flavor in your mouth that is hard to forget.
