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Cornish Hens with Coffee Liqueur Sauce

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Cornish Hens with Coffee Liqueur Sauce

Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Cornish Hens with Coffee Liqueur Sauce

4 servings
Prep25 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

309Calories
4 gProtein
13 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coffeenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Orange + grapetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the grape

The recipe marks grape as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coffee, orange, lemon, mustard, butter, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coffee, orange, lemon, mustard, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.