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7 flavors that taste great with crystallized ginger

..and 2 combinations to avoid.

We analyzed over 500,000 recipes to figure out which ingredients makes crystallized ginger better. On average, recipes with crystallized ginger received a 4.35⭐ review scores. However, in some combinations, review scores improved significantly. Like with molasses.
Crystallized ginger is common in american food

These are the most important combinations we found:


Stand out combinations


High potential


Unfavorable to


Common combinations


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Remember this is how people score them online. A bad combination might not be a bad combination. It might be hard to cook or people make poor substitutions. If you think it makes sense to use something, just pay extra attention.

Here are some great recipes we found with crystallized ginger:

Currant-Ginger Shortbread

Currant-Ginger Shortbread
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.7/10

Spicy Dried Fruit Dessert Sauce

Spicy Dried Fruit Dessert Sauce
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 3/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.6/10

French Chocolate Bark

French Chocolate Bark
barefootcontessa.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.5/10

Spicy Hermit Bars

Spicy Hermit Bars
barefootcontessa.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.5/10

Spicy Ginger Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Spicy Ginger Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.3/10

Gingerbread Cheesecake

Gingerbread Cheesecake
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.3/10

Chocolate Gingerbread Cake

Chocolate Gingerbread Cake
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10

Parsnip Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting and Ginger

Parsnip Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting and Ginger
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10

Rye and Ginger Cake

Rye and Ginger Cake
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10

Grilled Lamb With Lentils and Ginger-Nectarine Sauce

Grilled Lamb With Lentils and Ginger-Nectarine Sauce
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10

Gingerbread Whoopie Pies

Gingerbread Whoopie Pies
carlsbadcravings.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.2/10

Dark Chocolate and Pomegranate Bark

Dark Chocolate and Pomegranate Bark
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10

Pumpkin-Ginger Oat Scones

Pumpkin-Ginger Oat Scones
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6.1/10

Gingerbread Brownies with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

Gingerbread Brownies with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting
carlsbadcravings.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6/10

Mulling-Spice Cake With Cream-Cheese Frosting

Mulling-Spice Cake With Cream-Cheese Frosting
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 6/10

Blueberry-Rhubarb Slab Pie

Blueberry-Rhubarb Slab Pie
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.9/10

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pumpkin Cheesecake
food52.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.7/10

Baked Apples

Baked Apples
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.7/10

Cranberry-Apple Relish

Cranberry-Apple Relish
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.5/10

Carrot Cake with Ginger Mascarpone Frosting

Carrot Cake with Ginger Mascarpone Frosting
barefootcontessa.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.5/10

Squash Tart

Squash Tart
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.4/10

Pumpkin Pots de Cr..

Pumpkin Pots de Cr..
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.4/10

Kim-Joy's Ginger, Pecan & Salted Caramel Cake

Kim-Joy's Ginger, Pecan & Salted Caramel Cake
food52.com
Review: 5/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.3/10

Christmas Pudding Dorchester

Christmas Pudding Dorchester
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 5.3/10

Edouardo Jordan’s Juneteenth Red Punch

Edouardo Jordan’s Juneteenth Red Punch
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 4.1/10

A Richness To Rival Tiramisu Nesselrode Pie

A Richness To Rival Tiramisu Nesselrode Pie
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 3.7/10

Pumpkin Roulade with Ginger Buttercream

Pumpkin Roulade with Ginger Buttercream
barefootcontessa.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 3.5/10

Cherry Ginger Sauce for Angel Cake

Cherry Ginger Sauce for Angel Cake
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 2.1/10

Gingino

Gingino
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4.35/5 Dish Dragon Score: 1.4/10

Green Tea and Ginger Granita

Green Tea and Ginger Granita
cooking.nytimes.com
Review: 4/5 Dish Dragon Score: 1.3/10




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