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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 ↓

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6 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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

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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