Name: Macedoine of Fruit
Ingredients: wine jelly; assorted fruits (candied or preserved, such as pear, apple); syrup; salt; ice

Why it works: Wine and pear work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 223 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Macedoine of Fruit

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare wine jelly according to package instructions.
Layer the jelly and assorted fruits in a mold, starting with a layer of jelly.
If using fresh fruit, boil it in syrup and drain before layering.
Once the mold is filled, place it in a mixture of salt and ice, covering it closely.
Let it freeze for several hours.

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.

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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.

Wine + peartop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together223 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
Pear + syruptop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together254 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Wine + syruptop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together381 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).