Why it works: Orange and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,170 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Grape Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Crush the strawberries slightly.
Pour the orange juice and sweetened water over the strawberries.
Freeze the mixture until it reaches a frappe consistency.
Serve in punch glasses topped with a spoonful of whipped cream and additional strawberries.
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.
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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.
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Orange + creamtop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,170 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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