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Cranberry Apple Casserole

"Super simple side dish, perfect for holiday or everyday meals. Goes great with chicken, turkey, ham, or pork. Can also double as a not-too-sweet dessert when served with ice cream or whipped cream."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and berry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 32 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep5 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  2. Spread the apple pie filling evenly in the bottom of the dish, then spoon the whole berry cranberry sauce over the top and spread it out gently.

  3. In a bowl, mix the rolled oats, brown sugar and softened butter with a fork or your fingers until the mixture is crumbly and evenly combined.

  4. Sprinkle the oat topping evenly over the fruit layer, covering it completely.

  5. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the topping is golden brown and the filling is bubbling around the edges.

  6. Let the casserole cool for about 10 minutes before serving warm.

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. Apple + berrytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Apple + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Berry + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Berry + oatstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Butter + oatstop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,924 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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