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Hot Buttered Apple Cider

"Hot apple cider sweetened with maple syrup and topped with butter and spices. A wonderful drink on a cold night or morning. You will have spiced butter left over for your next batch!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Hot Buttered Apple Cider

Why it works: Nutmeg and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,331 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Hot Buttered Apple Cider

8 servings
Prep1 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

266Calories
1 gProtein
13 gFat
41 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple Cider1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5

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. Nutmeg + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Apple + cidertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,238 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Apple + maple syruptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together272 recipes

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

  4. Apple + nutmegtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,790 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Apple + allspicetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together998 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, cider, maple syrup, butter, nutmeg):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Clovefits better
  3. Allspicethe original
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, cider, maple syrup, butter, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.