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Cranberry & Kumquat Relish

This relish goes perfectly with ham or turkey, making it a perfect accompaniment for your Christmas dishes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Cranberry & Kumquat Relish

Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Cranberry & Kumquat Relish

Serves 8 - 10

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

51Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Kumquatnot in our table0
Syrupnot 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. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Kumquat + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Ginger + syruptop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together950 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sugar + gingertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together14,054 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Kumquat + sugartop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Sugar and ginger barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 14,054 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 kumquat

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, ginger, syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Kumquatthe original

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