Name: Grilled Coconut-Apple Crisp Recipe
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds Pink Lady, Gala, or Jonagold apples, peeled, cored, and cut into eighths; 1/4 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger; 2 tablespoons honey; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice; 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange zest; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar; 1/2 cup sweetened angel flake coconut; 1/3 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1/2 stick), cut into small pieces

Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

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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.

Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,189 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,380 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,437 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,598 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, honey, flour, orange, cinnamon, clove, sugar):

Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Raisinfits about as well
Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, honey, flour, orange, cinnamon, clove, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Honey	1 tbsp (21g)	64
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Cloves	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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