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Orange and Banana Jelly

A fruit jelly made with sliced bananas, oranges, lemon juice, and jelly powder, set with cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Christian, Mollie · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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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 and Banana Jelly

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Slice three bananas lengthwise.

  2. Slice three oranges.

  3. Dissolve one package of jelly powder in hot water.

  4. Add the juice of one lemon and sweeten to taste.

Assemble and set

  1. Place a layer of bananas, then a layer of oranges, a little sugar, until the dish is filled.

  2. When the gelatin has slightly cooled, pour it over the fruit.

  3. Set on ice until firm.

Serve

  1. Serve with cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Waternot 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 Christian, Mollie. 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.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Banana + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Banana + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,134 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Bananas
Provide sweetness and a soft, creamy texture in the set jelly.
Oranges
Add juicy citrus flavour and a bright, slightly tart note.
Jelly powder
Gelatin that sets the liquid so the fruit holds in a firm jelly.
Lemon
Adds acidity that sharpens the sweetness and freshens the flavour.

The step that matters

Pouring the gelatin. Pour the gelatin only after it has slightly cooled. Very hot liquid can soften the banana and orange slices, while gelatin must stay liquid enough to fill the gaps between the fruit before it sets on ice.

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, lemon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Blackberryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, 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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