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Rum Raisin Ice Cream

"Wonderful ice cream for holidays!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Rum Raisin Ice Cream

Why it works: Rum and vanilla work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 728 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Rum Raisin Ice Cream

1 quart
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

157Calories
1 gProtein
6 gFat
17 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
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Puddingnot 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.

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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. Rum + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together728 recipes

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

  2. Raisin + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together782 recipes

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

  3. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Raisin + rumtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together153 recipes

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

  5. Rum + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together842 recipes

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

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 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 raisin

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

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Pineapplefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

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