Name: Sweet and Tangy Peach Relish
Yield: Makes about 2 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 4 medium peaches, about 1 1/2 pounds, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-wide slices; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup cider vinegar; 1/4 teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes; 1 small red onion, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise 1/8 inch thick (1 cup); 3/4 teaspoon salt

Why it works: Peach and cider share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 29 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes about 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients

4 medium peaches, about 1 1/2 pounds, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-wide slices
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes
1 small red onion, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise 1/8 inch thick (1 cup)
3/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Peach + cidertop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Cider + vinegartop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together402 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
Vinegar + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together27,805 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Pepper + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together68,463 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Vinegar + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together18,203 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peach, sugar, cider, vinegar, pepper):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Mustardbetter flavor fit
Tomatobetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peach, sugar, cider, vinegar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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