Name: Peach-Blueberry Ice Cream Pie
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 6 ounces gingersnap cookies; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon heavy cream; 2 cups fresh blueberries, divided; 1/3 cup sugar; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 1 pint peach ice cream, softened in refrigerator for 20 minutes; 2 cups whipped cream (made from 1 cup heavy cream); 1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger

Why it works: Lemon and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,154 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Peach-Blueberry Ice Cream Pie

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

6 ounces gingersnap cookies
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 tablespoon heavy cream
2 cups fresh blueberries, divided
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 pint peach ice cream, softened in refrigerator for 20 minutes
2 cups whipped cream (made from 1 cup heavy cream)
1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

410Calories

4 gProtein

23 gFat

53 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Ice Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2

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.

Lemon + gingertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,154 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Peach + gingertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together218 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Lemon + peachtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together947 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

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

Cinnamonfits better
Nutmegfits better
Peppermintfits about as well
Gingerthe original

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

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