Cranberry Pear Crisp

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. Oats + pecanstop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together289 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

2. Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,063 recipes

   Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

3. Pecans + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together394 recipes

   Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

4. Oats + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together522 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

5. Rice + oatstop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together349 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked brown rice

Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs moisture from the fruit as it heats.

Pears

Add sweetness and soft, juicy body that softens during baking.

Cranberries

Add tart acidity that balances the sugar and brightens the filling.

Brown sugar

Adds sweetness and molasses flavour, and helps the topping brown.

Butter or margarine

Fat coats the flour and oats, giving the topping a crumbly, crisp texture.

Rolled oats

Give the topping a hearty, chewy texture and help it stay crisp.

The step that matters

Swap the pear

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, sugar, flour, oats, butter, pecans, coconut):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Blueberryfits better
3. Figfits better
4. Pearthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sugar, flour, oats, butter, pecans, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.