Plum, Cherry, Pineapple and Peach Soup

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. Plum + peachtop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together163 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

2. Cherry + peachtop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together177 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

3. Plum + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together147 recipes

   Shared aroma: 3-methyl-1-butanol (fusel, malty).

4. Pineapple + peachtop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together168 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

5. Plum + cherrytop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together149 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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

What each ingredient does

Mixed fruit

Provides the main flavor and body of the soup once cooked and sifted.

Corn starch

Thickens the liquid into a smooth, lightly viscous soup as it cooks.

Lemon juice or orange juice

Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness of the fruit.

The step that matters

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (plum, cherry, pineapple, peach, corn, sugar):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Apricotfits better
3. Pearfits better
4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against plum, cherry, pineapple, peach, corn, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.