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Key Lime Pie - Low Carb Version

"A delicious, low carb pie that actually tastes great! You, your family and friends will love this one. Has 2.6 grams net carbs per serving."

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Key Lime Pie - Low Carb Version

Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Key Lime Pie - Low Carb Version

8 servings
Prep35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

731Calories
8 gProtein
74 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pecans1 oz (28g / ~19 halves)196
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Waternot 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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Pecans + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together394 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Pecans + cream cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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 (pecans, butter, coconut, cream, sugar, cream cheese):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against pecans, butter, coconut, cream, sugar, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.