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Pink Arctic

Fruit and cream cheese.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pink Arctic

Why it works: Cranberry and pineapple share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Pink Arctic

Serves 8
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

601Calories
12 gProtein
41 gFat
53 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
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Saucenot 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. Cranberry + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + pecanstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Cranberry + pecanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, sugar, sauce, pineapple, pecans, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Cranberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, sugar, sauce, pineapple, pecans, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.