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Cherry Crisp Recipe

I "hacked" the Ginger Pear Crisp since it reminded me of the heart-healthy Cherry Crisp recipe I developed about 10 years ago. Mine is spiced with cinnamon and...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cherry and apple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 295 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Cherry Crisp Recipe

8-10 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1138Calories
23 gProtein
36 gFat
186 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Pie Fillingnot in our table0
Pienot in our table0

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

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cherry + appletop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together295 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Cherry + pecanstop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together249 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Pecans + buttertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,416 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Apple + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,706 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cherry, flour, sugar, apple, butter):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Chestnutfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Pecansthe original

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