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Grilled Peaches

"This is a very simple, yet delicious end to a grilled meal. Peaches are grilled with a balsamic glaze, then served up with crumbled blue cheese. A sophisticated, yet extremely simple recipe. Perfect for summer entertaining!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Grilled Peaches

Why it works: Sugar and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Grilled Peaches

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook18 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

217Calories
8 gProtein
9 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

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. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

  2. Vinegar + blue cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  3. Vinegar + peachtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together348 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + peachtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,308 recipes

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

  5. Peach + blue cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the peach

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

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Peachthe original

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