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Aromatic Braised Apricots with Cashew Cream

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cardamom and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,299 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Aromatic Braised Apricots with Cashew Cream

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

281Calories
6 gProtein
13 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
Apple Juice1 medium (182g)95
Apricot1 medium (35g)17
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Waternot in our table0

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

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Cardamom + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Apricot + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).

  3. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Cardamom + apricottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Apricot + cinnamontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together618 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cardamom, apricot, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cardamom, apricot, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.