Name: Peach Ice Cream
Ingredients: 1 quart yellow peaches, peeled and grated; 1 pound powdered sugar; 3 pints heavy cream

Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Peach Ice Cream

Ingredients

1 quart yellow peaches, peeled and grated
1 pound powdered sugar
3 pints heavy cream

Directions

Prepare

Peel and grate the peaches.
Mix the grated peaches with the powdered sugar.
Gradually stir in the heavy cream.

Freeze

Freeze the mixture until firm.

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.

Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Peach + creamtop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together721 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Yellow peaches: Provide the main flavor and fruit body of the ice cream.
Powdered sugar: Sweetens the base and dissolves easily into the grated peaches.
Heavy cream: Adds fat for a rich, smooth texture after freezing.