Name: Cherry Valentine
Ingredients: 1½ cups cherries, pitted; 2 medium peaches, halved and pitted; ½ cup orange juice; 4 orange wedges; 4 cherries with stems

Why it works: Peach and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 385 recipes. Both carry pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Cherry Valentine

Ingredients

Directions

Make the smoothie

Place cherries and peaches in a blender with orange juice.
Blend at medium speed until creamy.

Serve

Pour mixture into custard glasses.
Top each glass with an orange wedge and a whole cherry.
Serve immediately.
Otherwise, store in the fridge with each custard glass tightly covered. Will keep for 3 to 5 days.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

208Calories

4 gProtein

1 gFat

51 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59

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

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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.

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

Cherries: Provide the main fruit flavor, natural sweetness and body to the smoothie.
Peaches: Add creamy texture and soft body when blended, along with mild sweetness.
Orange juice: Adds liquid so the fruit blends smoothly, plus bright acidity that balances sweetness.

“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.