Why it works: Peach and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 385 recipes. Both carry pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓
Cherry Tapioca
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the tapioca
Wash the tapioca well, cover with cold water, and soak overnight.
In the morning, put the soaked tapioca on the fire with 1 pint boiling water and simmer slowly until perfectly clear.
Add the fruit and chill
Add sour cherries, stir into the boiling tapioca, and sweeten to taste.
Turn into the dish in which they are to be served, and put where it will get very cold.
Serve with sugar and cream.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Peach | 1 medium (150g) | 59 |
| 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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Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together385 recipes
Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Tapioca
- Swells and thickens the liquid as it simmers, giving the pudding its body and clear, jelly-like texture.
- Sour cherries (in the method)
- Provide the main fruit flavour and tartness that the sweetening balances.
- Sugar (in the method)
- Sweetens the pudding, balancing the tartness of the cherries.
The step that matters
Simmer the tapioca until perfectly clear. Tapioca starch must be fully cooked with heat and liquid to gelatinize and turn translucent. Undercooked starch stays cloudy and grainy and will not set into a smooth texture.
“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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