Name: Raw Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients: 1 orange, peeled, sliced, seeds removed; 1 lemon, peeled, sliced, seeds removed; 2 dates, pitted and chopped; 2 cups fresh cranberries

Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Raw Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

1 orange, peeled, sliced, seeds removed
1 lemon, peeled, sliced, seeds removed
2 dates, pitted and chopped
2 cups fresh cranberries

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

140Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

37 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Date	1 date (24g) medjool	66
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Seed	not in our table	0

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

By elanaspantry. 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.

Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Orange + datestop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together151 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
Lemon + datestop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together213 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, lemon):

Limefits better
Mangofits better
Blackberryfits better
Datesthe original

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

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