Why it works: Cherry and cranberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 48 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓
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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.
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Cherry + cranberrytop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together48 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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Orange + cranberrytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together230 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Orange + cherrytop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together689 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Orange + brandytop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together2,705 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Cherry + brandytop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together300 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the orange
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cherry, cranberry, brandy):
- Peachabout as good a flavor fit
- Apricotabout as good a flavor fit
- Appleabout as good a flavor fit
- Orangethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cherry, cranberry, brandy. 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).
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