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Pretty, Yummy Fruit Salad

I think you'll love this colorful, pretty fruit salad, which is drizzled with a lovely orange-vanilla syrup, which glosses it...

By thepioneerwoman · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Pretty, Yummy Fruit Salad

Why it works: Orange and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,371 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Pretty, Yummy Fruit Salad

Serves 12
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

380Calories
4 gProtein
2 gFat
93 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 11 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Green Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Waternot in our table0
Beannot in our table0
Caviarnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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 thepioneerwoman. 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 + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

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

  2. Orange + grapetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Vanilla + grapetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,596 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

  5. Orange + minttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 mint

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

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Clovefits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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