Why it works: Cherry and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 38 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓
The recipe
2 servingsIngredients
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.
Place the cherry yogurt, drained mandarin oranges, sliced banana, half-and-half cream and almond extract in a blender.
Blend on high for 45 to 60 seconds until completely smooth and no banana pieces remain.
Taste and blend briefly again if you want it thinner or more flavorful.
Pour into two glasses and serve right away while cold.
Explore the science
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 + mandarin orangetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together38 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
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Cherry + bananatop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together187 recipes
Shared aroma: n-butyl acetate (pear, banana).
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Cherry + almondtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together671 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Yogurt + bananatop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together508 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Mandarin orange + almondtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together41 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the mandarin orange
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cherry, yogurt, banana, cream, almond):
- Vanillabetter flavor fit
- Strawberrybetter flavor fit
- Raspberrybetter flavor fit
- Mandarin orangethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cherry, yogurt, banana, cream, almond. 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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