Name: Spiced Plum-Cherry Turnovers
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice; 4 small plums or 2 large plums (about 12 ounces total), cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 1 cup cherries (generous; about 7 ounces), stemmed, pitted; 1 teaspoon cherry balsamic vinegar or raspberry vinegar; 1 15-ounce package refrigerated pie crusts (2 crusts), room temperature

Why it works: Plum and cherry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 149 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Spiced Plum-Cherry Turnovers

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
4 small plums or 2 large plums (about 12 ounces total), cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
1 cup cherries (generous; about 7 ounces), stemmed, pitted
1 teaspoon cherry balsamic vinegar or raspberry vinegar
1 15-ounce package refrigerated pie crusts (2 crusts), room temperature

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

693Calories

17 gProtein

3 gFat

154 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Allspice	1 tsp ground (1.9g)	5
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Pie Crust	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Plum + cherrytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together149 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Allspice + cherrytop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together112 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Allspice + plumtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together162 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Sugar + cherrytop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,598 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + plumtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,313 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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 (sugar, plum, cherry):

Cinnamonfits better
Gingerfits better
Clovefits about as well
Allspicethe original

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

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