Why it works: Honey and raisin work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 104 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 6.Ingredients
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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.
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Honey + raisintop 13% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together104 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Orange + grapefruittop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together232 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Vanilla + kiwifruittop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together73 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Orange + kiwifruittop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together74 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Honey + kiwifruittop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together47 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the kiwifruit
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, orange, honey, vanilla, raisin, grapefruit):
- Figbetter flavor fit
- Grapebetter flavor fit
- Pineapplebetter flavor fit
- Kiwifruitthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against wine, orange, honey, vanilla, raisin, grapefruit. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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