"complementary flavor" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe a combination of flavors that enhances or complements each other. For example: "The addition of cumin to the dish created a complementary flavor that really brought out the other spices."
For a similar splash of colour, but a subtler, more complementary flavour, I've used chives.
Therefore, it is essential to choose dipping implements that offer either a) a neutral carbohydrate base for the hummus or b) a clearly complementary flavour to it (sweet carrots being a prime example).
Initially, the Chef Watson service was focused very specifically on the ingredients: working with Briscione at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, it was up to the chefs to turn an abstract list of ingredients with complementary flavour profiles into a full recipe.
Should it be plain and meaty, or beefed up with complementary flavours, and is there a ready-made stock around which can compare with the fresh stuff?
Suet pastry has a rich, but not particularly distinctive flavour, so it's fair game for a few complementary flavours – Jane Grigson's chopped thyme and Nigella's mustard powder help to make it tasty enough to eat on its own.
My friend kicked off with "chicken sot-ly-laisse" (a dark, flavoursome cut from behind the breast) served with macaroni and broad beans, the chicken browned and inviting, the pasta arranged like railway tracks, and the ensemble drizzled with flakes of hazelnut and a lemon thyme dressing - a terrific little dish, full of strong, complementary flavours, and beautifully presented.
But you get the sense that the demands of cinema, namely a longer run time and the need for a linear, conservative story structure, have coerced Morris into sacrificing his anarchic vision in favour of a curry of not entirely complementary flavours.
Turbot came in thin slices with similarly sliced artichoke; the two flavours were fascinatingly complementary, a savoury umami note running through both, and the dish managed to be both warming and light.
A similarly delicate hand is required on the spice rack: Salter uses smoked paprika, and Shulman cumin, but to my mind, the sweeter, gentler spice of MacDonald's nutmeg is more complementary to the subtle, slightly creamy flavour of the courgette.
Look for complementary businesses.
It combines unexpected ingredients in such a complementary way that it opens up astonishing depths of flavour.
