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Spiced Pears and Pomegranate

"An easy fruit dessert made with fall fruit that can be served with a cheese selection"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Spiced Pears and Pomegranate

Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Spiced Pears and Pomegranate

4 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

259Calories
3 gProtein
3 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
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 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. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Pomegranate + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Cinnamon + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Pomegranate + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Pomegranate + almondtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the almond

The recipe marks almond as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pear, pomegranate, lemon, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, mint):

  1. Pistachiofits better
  2. Chickpeafits about as well
  3. Almondthe original
  4. Walnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, pomegranate, lemon, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.