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Orange Pudding

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Orange Pudding

Why it works: Orange and pomegranate work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 116 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Orange Pudding

serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

689Calories
16 gProtein
8 gFat
139 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Tangerine Juicenot in our table0
Seednot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Orange + pomegranatetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Sugar + pomegranatetop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

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

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

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

Orange and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the pomegranate

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, sugar, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Pomegranatethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, sugar, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.