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Pink Angel Dessert

"This is a semi-frozen dessert that's easy to make and is great on a warm summer day. Serve with whipping cream and fresh berries or thin slice of lemon."

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Why it works: Gelatin and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,778 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

1 -9x5 inch loaf
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Pour the warm water into a large bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over it, and stir until fully dissolved, about 2 minutes.

  2. Stir in the white sugar until dissolved, then stir in the thawed pink lemonade concentrate. Refrigerate about 20 minutes, until the mixture is syrupy and just starting to thicken.

  3. While the gelatin chills, chill the evaporated milk in the freezer for about 20 minutes until icy at the edges. Then whip it with a mixer until soft peaks form.

  4. Line a 9x5 inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving overhang on the sides.

  5. Tear or cut the angel food cake into bite-sized pieces, about 1 inch (2.5 cm) each.

  6. Fold the whipped evaporated milk into the thickened gelatin mixture, then gently fold in the cake pieces until evenly coated.

  7. Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and press it level. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, until firm.

  8. To serve, lift the dessert out using the plastic wrap overhang, peel off the wrap, and cut into slices.

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

  1. Gelatin + sugartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Sugar + evaporated milktop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Gelatin + evaporated milktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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