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Jalapeno Strawberry Jam

"This is a favorite in our family at Christmas. This jam is not spicy, but can be made to be spicy by adding more peppers or a few habanero peppers. The flavor of the sweet strawberries combined with the flavor of the peppers gives this jam a wonderful flavor dimension. The strawberries may be frozen (thawed and crushed) and the peppers may be canned (drained and chopped)."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Jalapeno Strawberry Jam

Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Jalapeno Strawberry Jam

8 - half pint jars
Prep40 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

120Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Jalapeno1 pepper (14g)4
Fruitnot in our table0
Pectinnot 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. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Jalapeno + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Jalapeno + lemontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together345 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Lemon + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Jalapeno + sugartop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together499 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

Lemon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the jalapeno

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

  1. Cardamomfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

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