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Easy Key Lime Pie II

"A very refreshing, easy Florida specialty pie!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Easy Key Lime Pie II

Why it works: Condensed milk and lime work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Easy Key Lime Pie II

1 pie

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

304Calories
16 gProtein
15 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cracker5 saltine crackers (15g)66
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Toppingnot 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.

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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. Condensed milk + limetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Egg + limetop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,658 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Egg + condensed milktop 38% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together591 recipes

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, condensed milk):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, condensed milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.