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Orange Sherbet Salad II

"This is one of those great recipes that my Grandma's buddies used to make at our church functions, and that we always looked forward to."

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Orange Sherbet Salad II

Why it works: Mandarin orange and 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 Sherbet Salad II

10 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

306Calories
20 gProtein
1 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
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. Mandarin orange + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Mandarin orange + pineappletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Orange + pineappletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,664 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Cream + pineappletop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,574 recipes

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

  5. Orange + creamtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,170 recipes

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

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

Swap the pineapple

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Pineapplethe original

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