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Frozen Apple Sauce and Fruit Cup

A frozen dessert of apple sauce with strawberries, mandarin orange, grapes, and orange juice concentrate.

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Why it works: Mandarin orange and orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Frozen Apple Sauce and Fruit Cup

5–7 servings (½ cup each)
Timeabout 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.

Freeze and serve

  1. Spoon the fruit mixture into individual dishes or paper cups.

  2. Freeze until firm.

  3. Remove from freezer about 30 minutes before serving.

  4. Yield 5–7 servings (½ cup each).

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

330Calories
4 gProtein
2 gFat
83 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Apple Sauce1 medium (182g)95
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49

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

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Mandarin orange + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Grape + orangetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,771 recipes

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

  4. Apple + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

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

  5. Mandarin orange + grapetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

What each ingredient does

Frozen strawberries
Provide fruit pieces that freeze firm and add sweetness and colour.
Orange juice concentrate
Adds concentrated citrus sweetness and acidity to the fruit mixture.
Apple sauce
Provides a smooth, moist base that binds the fruit pieces together.

Swap the mandarin orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, sauce, grape, orange):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Apricotfits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, sauce, grape, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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