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Orange Sherbet II

"No ice cream maker is needed for this sherbet made with orange juice and evaporated milk. Enjoy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Orange Sherbet II

Why it works: Sugar and evaporated milk work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 804 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Orange Sherbet II

6 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories
9 gProtein
8 gFat
40 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49

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

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Orange + milktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

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

  5. Orange + evaporated milktop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Sugar and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 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 orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Pumpkinfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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