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Plum Buckle

This classic American dessert can be made year round with fruit that’s in season. Black plums and orange juice gives this a perfect combination to balance tart and sweet. Serve for dessert or brunch.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Plum Buckle

Why it works: Plum and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 171 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Plum Buckle

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

730Calories
15 gProtein
15 gFat
131 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cakenot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Plum + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together171 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

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

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

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

  4. Plum + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together309 recipes

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

  5. Flour + vanillatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,241 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (plum, flour, sugar, vinegar, vanilla):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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