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Hatch Chile and Fruit Compote Topped with Crema Recipe

Hatch peppers give fruit compotes added complexity and zing. They pair well with plums, peaches or apples.The butter and crema add extra flavor, but can be...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 470 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Hatch Chile and Fruit Compote Topped with Crema Recipe

1 serving

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

232Calories
1 gProtein
12 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Fruitnot in our table0
Citrusnot 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 chow. 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. Lime + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together470 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Cinnamon + honeytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Lime + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together679 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Honey + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

Cinnamon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 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 lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cinnamon, honey, sugar, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Limethe original

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