Name: Sweet and Hot Peach Relish Dip
Ingredients: 4 large ripe peaches, pitted and thinly sliced; 1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips; 1 cup orange juice; 1 tablespoon lime juice (about one lime); 1 tablespoon molasses; 1 tablespoon red or green chile of your choice, minced; 1 cup fresh parsley chopped; salt and pepper to taste

Why it works: Pepper and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Sweet and Hot Peach Relish Dip

Ingredients

4 large ripe peaches, pitted and thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
1 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon lime juice (about one lime)
1 tablespoon molasses
1 tablespoon red or green chile of your choice, minced
1 cup fresh parsley chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix well.
This relish will keep, covered and refrigerated, for about 4 days.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

228Calories

4 gProtein

1 gFat

55 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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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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.

Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together547 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together385 recipes

Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Peaches: Provide the sweet, juicy fruit base that forms the bulk of the relish.
Orange juice: Adds liquid and sweetness, along with acidity that brightens the fruit.
Lime juice: Adds sharp acidity that balances the sweetness and keeps the fruit fresh-tasting.
Molasses: Adds deep sweetness and a rich, caramel-like flavour.
Red bell pepper: Contributes crunch and fresh, mildly sweet flavour.

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, orange, lime, molasses, parsley):

Lemonfits better
Mangofits better
Avocadofits better
Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, orange, lime, molasses, parsley. 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.