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Almond Gelatin with Mandarin Oranges

"This is an old Chinese favorite for desert. Unsweetened soy milk can be substituted for milk."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 41 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large heatproof bowl, combine the sugar and unflavored gelatin. Pour in the boiling water and stir for about 2 minutes until the sugar and gelatin dissolve completely.

  2. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, warm the milk for about 3 minutes until steaming, without letting it boil. Whisk the warm milk into the gelatin mixture until smooth.

  3. Stir in the almond extract.

  4. Add the mandarin orange segments with their juice and stir gently to distribute them evenly.

  5. Pour the mixture into a 9x9 inch dish or a 6-cup mold.

  6. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, until firm and set.

  7. To serve, cut into squares directly from the dish, or dip the bottom of the mold in a bowl of warm water for 10 seconds and invert it onto a plate.

By allrecipes. 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. Almond + mandarin orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Sugar + gelatintop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Milk + almondtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  4. Sugar + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together77,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sugar + almondtop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,678 recipes

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

Sugar and milk share little aroma chemistry, yet 77,855 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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