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 ↓
Peach Sherbet
fifteen or twenty glassesIngredients
Directions
Prepare the base
Put one quart of yellow peaches through a sieve.
Add one cup of orange juice (or juice of four large oranges) and juice of one lemon.
Add one and three-fourths pounds of sugar and one quart of cold water.
Boil until a little thick.
Strain and combine with the fruit juices.
Freeze and serve
Freeze a little.
Add one cup of cream with a little sugar.
Serve; will make fifteen or twenty glasses.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Peach | 1 medium (150g) | 59 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Water | 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.
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.
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Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together10,634 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together385 recipes
Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Peach + lemontop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together947 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Yellow peaches
- Provide the main fruit flavour and body for the sherbet.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the sherbet and lowers its freezing point for a softer texture.
- Cream
- Adds richness and fat, giving a smoother, creamier texture.
- Orange juice
- Adds citrus acidity and bright flavour to the peach base.
- Lemon
- Adds acidity that sharpens the flavour and balances the sweetness.
The step that matters
Boil until a little thick. Boiling the sugar and water mixture thickens it slightly and dissolves the sugar fully. Stopping at the right point matters, because overcooking changes the sweetness and texture of the base once it is frozen.
Swap the peach
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, sugar, cream, lemon):
- Vanillafits better
- Limefits better
- Raspberryfits better
- Peachthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against orange, sugar, cream, lemon. 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.
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