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Ginger Pear Cranberry Sauce

This incredibly flavorful cranberry sauce stars candied ginger and fresh pear.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Ginger Pear Cranberry Sauce

Why it works: Star anise and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 312 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Ginger Pear Cranberry Sauce

2 cups
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

282Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Star Anisenot 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. Star anise + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Orange + star anisetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Ginger + star anisetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together229 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the pear

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, sugar, ginger, star anise, cinnamon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Pearthe original

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