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Mango Orange Sorbet

"This recipe uses all-natural ingredients and is very fruity, refreshing, and perfect for summer time. Quick preparation and easy to make: just blend ingredients and put the mixture in your ice-cream maker."

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Mango Orange Sorbet

Why it works: Mango and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Mango Orange Sorbet

1 quart
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

210Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
53 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Waternot 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. Mango + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

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

  2. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

  3. Mango + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes

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

Orange and sugar 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 mango

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Mangothe original

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