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Freezer Persimmon Jam

"Imagine spreading this tasty jam on a fresh, hot biscuit! Pureed persimmons are boiled with sugar, lemon juice, orange zest and nutmeg, then sealed in sterilized jars and stored in the freezer."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Freezer Persimmon Jam

Why it works: Lemon and orange 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 ↓

Freezer Persimmon Jam

6 cups
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

135Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Persimmonnot 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. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  2. Persimmon + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Lemon + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,318 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Orange + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,746 recipes

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

  5. Persimmon + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the persimmon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, lemon, orange, nutmeg):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Persimmonthe original

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