Name: Pear-Cranberry Turnovers
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ripe bosc pears (about 3), peeled, quartered, cored, diced; 1/2 cup dried cranberries; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel; 16 17 x 12-inch sheets fresh or frozen whole wheat phyllo pastry or regular phyllo pastry (thawed if frozen); 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted powdered sugar

Why it works: Pear and lemon work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 942 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Pear-Cranberry Turnovers

Makes 8

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds ripe bosc pears (about 3), peeled, quartered, cored, diced
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
16 17 x 12-inch sheets fresh or frozen whole wheat phyllo pastry or regular phyllo pastry (thawed if frozen)
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted powdered sugar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

781Calories

15 gProtein

13 gFat

154 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Pear	1 medium (178g)	101
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Wheat	not in our table	0
Pastry	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Pear + lemontop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together942 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Pear + wheattop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Wheat + buttertop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,002 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Lemon + wheattop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together585 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Lemon + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,227 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pear, sugar, wheat, butter):

Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Peachfits better
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pear, sugar, wheat, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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