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Duck Breasts with Raspberry Sauce

"If you want to use frozen raspberries for this recipe, allow them to thaw first."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 30,777 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cinnamon + sugartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Cinnamon + red winetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Sugar + red winetop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together864 recipes

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

Cinnamon and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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