Perfect Pairings & Recipes forCranberry Sauce

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Flavour Analysis

Beneath cranberry sauce’s familiar sugary sweetness lies a more intricate layering of lemon, cinnamon and sour apple. A grapefruit note lends crisp aroma, with an assam tea note adding a dry sensation, and raisin and gooseberry notes give the profile a nuanced, persistent finish.

Dominant Flavour Families

Sharp
Spice
Sweet
Herbal / Herbaceous
Vegetal

Flavour profile of cranberry sauce

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Sugary

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Cranberry sauce

SugarySweet

cranberry sauce8.5

Pure, clean sweetness without depth or complexity, akin to table sugar or simple desserts. Strong in cranberry sauce.

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To identify the flavour notes with strong associations, we examined the ingredient pairings in more than 30,000 recipes, decomposing each ingredient into its constituent flavour notes. By analysing which notes co-occur across successful combinations, we identified patterns of association that underpin culinary harmony.

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