Name: Peach Gelee Candy
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 25 candies
Ingredients: 1 pound ripe peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 2 cups white sugar, divided; 3 tablespoons liquid pectin; 1/2 cup white sugar, for sprinkling

Why it works: Peach and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 130 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Peach Gelee Candy

25 candies

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

1 pound ripe peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 cups white sugar, divided
3 tablespoons liquid pectin
1/2 cup white sugar, for sprinkling

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

119Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

30 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Pectin	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

Peach + limetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together130 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,332 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the lime

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

Vanillafits better
Apricotfits better
Pearfits better
Limethe original

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

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