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Orange Baskets

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Why it works: Orange and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,170 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Orange Baskets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the oranges in half, leaving the peel intact for baskets and cut a ½ inch wide strip for the handle.

  2. Remove the pulp and juice; use the juice to make orange jelly.

  3. Place the orange baskets in a pan on ice, keeping them upright.

  4. Fill each basket with orange jelly.

  5. Before serving, add a spoonful of whipped cream to each basket.

  6. Serve the baskets on a bed of green leaves.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Orange + creamtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,170 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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