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Orange Blossom Trifle

"This is a variation on a pie recipe that evolved from trial and error. This tastes like an Orange Smoothie over angel food cake!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Orange Blossom Trifle

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 ↓

Orange Blossom Trifle

12 servings
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

404Calories
9 gProtein
23 gFat
44 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
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cakenot 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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  4. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 (orange, egg, sugar, butter, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

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