Name: Rosh Hashanah Chicken with Cinnamon and Apples From Metz
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: One 3 1/2-to-4-pound roasting chicken; Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 onion, peeled and cut into chunks; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 1/3 cups white wine; 3 apples, cored and cut horizontally into 4 pieces (the French would use reine-des-reinettes apples or pippins, but Fuji apples are fine); 2 tablespoons sugar

Why it works: Cinnamon and apple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 5,598 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Rosh Hashanah Chicken with Cinnamon and Apples From Metz

4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

One 3 1/2-to-4-pound roasting chicken
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 onion, peeled and cut into chunks
1 cup chicken broth
1 1/3 cups white wine
3 apples, cored and cut horizontally into 4 pieces (the French would use reine-des-reinettes apples or pippins, but Fuji apples are fine)
2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together5,598 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
White wine + appletop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together372 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Pepper + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together4,890 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together30,779 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Cinnamon and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,779 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, pepper, cinnamon, white wine, apple, sugar):

Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
Carrotbetter flavor fit
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, pepper, cinnamon, white wine, apple, sugar. 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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