Name: Piña Pisco Sours
Yield: Makes 8 drinks
Ingredients: 3 cups (1-inch) pineapple chunks (from 1/2 pineapple); 1 1/2 cups pisco (preferably Peruvian; 12 ounces); 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (preferably Key lime); 4 large egg whites; 1/3 cup superfine granulated sugar; 8 drops Angostura bitters

Why it works: Pineapple and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 469 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Piña Pisco Sours

Makes 8 drinks

Ingredients

3 cups (1-inch) pineapple chunks (from 1/2 pineapple)
1 1/2 cups pisco (preferably Peruvian; 12 ounces)
1/2 cup fresh lime juice (preferably Key lime)
4 large egg whites
1/3 cup superfine granulated sugar
8 drops Angostura bitters

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories

8 gProtein

6 gFat

39 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11

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.

Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together469 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,841 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Pineapple + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,075 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,332 recipes

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

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 (pineapple, egg, sugar):

Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Bananafits better
Limethe original

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

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