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Cranberry, Pineapple & Date Chutney

Perk up cold ham and turkey with this tangy chutney. Or, make a batch, put into pretty jars, and give as Christmas gifts

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 529 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

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About 3.2kg/7lb

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Apple + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together529 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,083 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,402 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, pineapple, onion, dates, garlic, ginger, cumin):

  1. Mangobetter flavor fit
  2. Grapebetter flavor fit
  3. Orangebetter flavor fit
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, pineapple, onion, dates, garlic, ginger, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).