Name: Compote of Apple Marmalade
Ingredients: Ribston pippins apples; Oil of almonds; Orange syrup

Why it works: Almond and orange are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,125 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Compote of Apple Marmalade

Ingredients

Ribston pippins apples
Oil of almonds
Orange syrup

Directions

Prepare apple marmalade using Ribston pippins.
Oil the inside of a small jelly mold with almond oil.
Pour the marmalade into the mold and let it set in the refrigerator until firm.
Turn the set marmalade out onto a serving dish.
Pour orange syrup around the base.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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.

Almond + orangetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,125 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,230 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Apple + almondtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,025 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Almond + syruptop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together746 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Apple + syruptop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together742 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).