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Fresh Fruit with Poppy Seed Dressing

"Any fruit can be used, but this is my favorite combination. Try your own creation, but if you wish to use oranges and grapes in the same recipes, DON'T add the oranges until ready to serve or the grapes will be extremely bitter."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Fresh Fruit with Poppy Seed Dressing

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Fresh Fruit with Poppy Seed Dressing

6 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

696Calories
10 gProtein
17 gFat
143 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Cantaloupe1 cup diced (160g)53
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Watermelon1 cup diced (152g)46
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Poppy 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.

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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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Banana + raspberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  4. Orange + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Lime + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the poppy seed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, orange, lime, raspberry, vinegar, olive, pepper):

  1. Peppermintfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Poppy seedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against banana, orange, lime, raspberry, vinegar, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.