Name: Orange Jelly
Ingredients: 1 cup water 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup water flavored; 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup water flavored; 1 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup water flavored; 1 cup water flavored; 2/3 cup of sugar heat sugar; lemon juice

Why it works: Lemon and orange 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 Jelly

Ingredients

1 cup water 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup water flavored
1/2 cup lemon juice 1 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup water flavored
1 1/2 cup orange juice 1 cup water flavored
1 cup water flavored
2/3 cup of sugar heat sugar
lemon juice

Directions

Heat sugar and water together until sugar is dissolved.
The orange pulp need not be strained out of the juice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

123Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

31 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
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.

By Evora Bucknum Perkins. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

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.

Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Lemon + sugartop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together53,532 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).

Lemon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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

Orange juice: Supplies the main orange flavour and some natural acidity to the jelly.
Lemon juice: Adds sharp acidity that balances the sweetness of the sugar.
Sugar: Sweetens the liquid and balances the sharpness of the citrus juices.

“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.