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Orange Crunch Creams with Warm Cherries

A mix of mascarpone, cream and crème fraîche seems indulgent, but together they give a fresh and balanced creamy flavour

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Orange Crunch Creams with Warm Cherries

Why it works: Orange and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,371 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Orange Crunch Creams with Warm Cherries

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

649Calories
8 gProtein
38 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Seednot in our table0

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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.

  1. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Vanilla + biscuittop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together422 recipes

    Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).

  5. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sugar, vanilla, biscuit, butter):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, sugar, vanilla, biscuit, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.