Name: Orange Sherbet
Ingredients: one pint of orange juice; two oranges; two lemons

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 ↓

Orange Sherbet

Ingredients

one pint of orange juice
two oranges
two lemons

Directions

Prepare the juice

Mix together one pint of orange juice, grated yellow rind of two oranges, and juice of two lemons.
Let the mixture stand one hour.
Strain the mixture.

Freeze and serve

Freeze the strained mixture.
(Optional) Boil sugar and water together for twenty minutes, add strained fruit juice, cool, and freeze.
Cut a slice from the top of the orange or lemon, remove the inside with a spoon, and use for the sherbet.
Put the frozen sherbet into this shell, and serve on a plate with a doily under it.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

74Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

19 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12

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

By Mansfield, W. H., & co., Putnam, Conn., pub. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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).

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What each ingredient does

Orange juice: Provides the main liquid and sweet citrus flavour of the sherbet.
Oranges: Their grated yellow rind adds aromatic oil and fragrance to the mixture.
Lemons: Their juice adds acidity that brightens the flavour and 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.