Why it works: Cranberry and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-methylbutanol, which smells malty, whiskey. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 2Ingredients
Contains: tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Put the jellied cranberry sauce, grated orange zest and Karo corn syrup in a small saucepan.
Set over low heat and stir for 3 minutes, breaking up the cranberry sauce until it is smooth and warm.
Remove from the heat and stir in the almond extract and pure orange extract.
Let the syrup cool for about 10 minutes, then pour into a clean jar and refrigerate until serving.
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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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Cranberry + almondtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together41 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).
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Cranberry + orangetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together230 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Orange + almondtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,125 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Sauce + syruptop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together173 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Almond + corntop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together485 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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