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Tokyo Rose

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Tokyo Rose

Why it works: Orange and cranberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 230 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Tokyo Rose

1 drink
Prep2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

206Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Sake1 oz (30ml)39

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. Orange + cranberrytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together230 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Peach + cranberrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together385 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Sake + orangetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Sake + peachtop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sake, orange, cranberry):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Peachthe original

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