Name: Orange Sherbet
Ingredients: 1 quart rich milk; 1 cup orange juice; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoo i 'cmon juice

Why it works: Milk and orange are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,696 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Orange Sherbet

Ingredients

1 quart rich milk
1 cup orange juice
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoo i 'cmon juice

Directions

Add 1 cup sugar to 1 quart rich milk, freeze slightly; then add a mixture of 1 cup orange juice, 1 cup sugar, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, and finish freezing.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories

9 gProtein

8 gFat

40 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

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

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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.

Milk + orangetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,696 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together77,875 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).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 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

Rich milk: Provides fat and creaminess, giving the sherbet a smoother, richer texture.
Sugar: Adds sweetness and lowers the freezing point, keeping the sherbet softer and scoopable.
Orange juice: Supplies the main orange flavor and liquid that forms the body of the sherbet.
Lemon juice: Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the sweetness.