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Mandarin Orange Salad

"This salad is quick, easy and always a hit at family get-togethers!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Mandarin Orange Salad

Why it works: Orange and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Mandarin Orange Salad

6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

879Calories
23 gProtein
21 gFat
150 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Toppingnot 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. Orange + mandarin orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Sugar + condensed milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

  5. Butter + orangetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 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 mandarin orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, orange, condensed milk):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, orange, condensed milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.