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Danish Red Cabbage

"Danish side dish served hot with meatballs (frikadeller), pork chops, pork roast, duck. Particularly popular around Christmas."

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Danish Red Cabbage

Why it works: Cabbage and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,924 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Danish Red Cabbage

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

255Calories
4 gProtein
12 gFat
36 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Cabbage + vinegartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Cabbage + cranberrytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Butter + cranberrytop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together291 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, vinegar, cranberry, sugar):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, vinegar, cranberry, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.