Name: Shorewood, Wis
Ingredients: one-fourth cup cold water; one-third cup hot water; 4 oranges y; 1 orange 1 pt; 6 oranges 1 c; 3 lemons 1 can sliced pineapples 3 c; 5 yolks 5 beaten whites of eggs 1 c; 5 beaten whites of eggs 1 c; 3 level t; 4 eggs; three eggs; 1 well beaten egg heat milk to boiling point; 1 egg; 1 ssp; 1 egg 1 t; parsley; pepper; salt; vinegar; mustard; cayenne; lemon juice; mace; nutmeg

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Orange + pineappletop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,664 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Gelatin (in the method): Sets the juice into a soft, sliceable mousse structure as it chills.
Whipping cream (in the method): Adds richness and airy lightness when beaten stiff.
Orange juice: Provides the main citrus flavor and liquid base of the mousse.
Sugar (in the method): Sweetens the orange juice and balances its acidity.

The step that matters

Beat whipping cream very stiff. Cream whipped to stiff peaks traps air in its fat and protein network, which gives the mousse its light texture. Under-whipped cream stays loose and dilutes the set.

Swap the pineapple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, lemon, egg, milk, parsley, pepper, vinegar):

Limefits better
Cherryfits better
Mangofits better
Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, lemon, egg, milk, parsley, pepper, vinegar. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Mace	not in our table	0

Shorewood, Wis

Shorewood, Wis

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mousse base

Add the cream and freeze

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)