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Peaches 'n Cream

A baked dessert of sliced peaches topped with a whipped egg white and flour mixture, flavored with orange rind, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Peaches 'n Cream

Oven220 °C
Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 220 °C.

  2. Arrange the sliced peaches, orange rind, and cinnamon in an ovenproof dish.

Make the topping

  1. Add the flour and skim milk powder to the stiffly beaten egg whites.

  2. Spread the egg mixture over the peaches and sprinkle grated nutmeg on top.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, until golden brown.

  2. Garnish with peach slices five minutes before the end of cooking.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

821Calories
30 gProtein
16 gFat
140 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6

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.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Peach + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together625 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together385 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Orange + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,746 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Egg whites
Whipped into a foam that sets when baked, forming the light, airy topping.
Sliced peaches
Provide the fruit base and moisture that softens during baking under the topping.
Self-raising flour
Adds starch that helps the topping set firm after baking.
Skim milk powder
Adds milk solids that help the topping brown during baking.

The step that matters

Stiffly beaten egg whites. Egg whites must be beaten until stiff so they trap air and hold their shape. Under-beaten whites collapse and make a flat, dense topping, while the flour and milk powder are folded in gently to keep as much air as possible.

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, cinnamon, flour, nutmeg, egg, milk powder):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, cinnamon, flour, nutmeg, egg, milk powder. 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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