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Creamy Orange-Ginger Dressing

"Great drizzled on a spinach or mesclun lettuce salad with the addition of mandarin orange sections and chow mein noodles."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Creamy Orange-Ginger Dressing

Why it works: Ginger and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Creamy Orange-Ginger Dressing

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

289Calories
20 gProtein
2 gFat
52 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange Peel1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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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. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Orange + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,800 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,890 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, ginger, sugar, pepper, cinnamon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, ginger, sugar, pepper, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.