Name: Orange Marshmallow
Ingredients: 4 pieces; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 3 tbsp oil; 2 oranges juice 2 china oranges sugar cut each marshmallow into 4 pieces; 2 china oranges sugar cut each marshmallow into 4 pieces; 4 peeled oranges

Why it works: Lemon and orange 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 Marshmallow

Ingredients

4 pieces
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp oil
2 oranges juice 2 china oranges sugar cut each marshmallow into 4 pieces
2 china oranges sugar cut each marshmallow into 4 pieces
4 peeled oranges

Directions

Make the marshmallow

Cut each marshmallow into 4 pieces.
Squeeze the strained juice of 2 oranges over the marshmallow pieces.
Add 4 cups or more of sugar.
Mix all in a bowl and set on ice.

Serve

Serve in sherbet glasses with a maraschino cherry on top each glass.
Pink marshmallows may be used.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories

2 gProtein

14 gFat

31 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Marshmallow	not in our table	0

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

By Alexander, Agnes B. (Agnes Baldwin), 1875-1970. 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.

Explore the science

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.

Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Lemon + sugartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together53,532 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together19,212 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Lemon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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

What each ingredient does

Marshmallows: Melt and soften into a soft, spoonable, chewy texture as they absorb the juice.
Orange juice: Adds bright acidity and citrus aroma, and moisture that dissolves the marshmallow.
Sugar: Adds sweetness and body, helping the mixture set firm and cold.

“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.