Name: Arabian Orange Ice
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar (more or less, depending on the sweetness of the fruit); 2 1/2 cups water; 1 1/3 cups fresh Orange Juice; 1/2 cup fresh Lemon Juice; 1 orange, rind of, finely grated; 1 lemon, rind of, finely grated

Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Arabian Orange Ice

Ingredients

1 cup sugar (more or less, depending on the sweetness of the fruit)
2 1/2 cups water
1 1/3 cups fresh Orange Juice
1/2 cup fresh Lemon Juice
1 orange, rind of, finely grated
1 lemon, rind of, finely grated

Directions

Make the syrup

Bring the sugar and the water to a boil.
Boil for 5-10 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Cool slightly and strain if necessary.

Freeze and beat

Add the juices and rinds, stirring to mix well, or blend in a food processor.
Pour the liquid into a glass bowl and freeze until slushy.
Use an electric mixer or a food processor to beat the frozen mixture until smooth.
Pour the mixture into a container of your choice.
Return the container to the freezer.
Freeze until firm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

185Calories

3 gProtein

0 gFat

46 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange Juice	1 medium (131g)	62
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Fruit	not in our table	0
Water	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.

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

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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.

Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together53,532 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Sugar: Sweetens the ice and lowers its freezing point so it stays softer and scoopable.
Orange juice: Provides the main flavour and liquid base of the ice.
Lemon juice: Adds acidity that brightens the orange flavour and sharpens sweetness.
Orange rind: Adds fragrant orange oil and aroma from the peel.

The step that matters

Beat the slushy mixture until smooth. Freezing forms ice crystals that make the ice coarse and grainy. Beating the partly frozen mixture breaks up these crystals, giving a smoother texture. Leaving it frozen solid without beating produces a harder, icier result.

“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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Arabian Orange Ice