Name: Peach Ice
Ingredients: 1 quart very ripe peaches, mashed; sugar to taste; whites of eggs

Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Peach Ice

Ingredients

1 quart very ripe peaches, mashed
sugar to taste
whites of eggs

Directions

Prepare

Mash the peaches in a bowl.
Stir in sugar to taste.

Finish and serve

Fold in the egg whites until well combined.
Chill the mixture before serving.

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.

Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Peach + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,048 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Peaches: Provide the main fruit flavour, sweetness and moisture that give the ice its body.
Egg whites: Whipped air and protein add a light, airy texture to the frozen mixture.