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Kentucky Fruit Filling

"A fruity filling for a fruity cake. Try it with the Heritage Jam Cake."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Kentucky Fruit Filling

Why it works: Dates and orange work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 151 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Kentucky Fruit Filling

2 cups filling

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

239Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
62 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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

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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. Dates + orangetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  2. Dates + raisintop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together358 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Raisin + orangetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,684 recipes

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

  4. Raisin + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,481 recipes

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

  5. Dates + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together985 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Figfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

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