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Key Lime Pie

"It tastes just like the pie, minus the crust (now if they would just invent a graham cracker flavored liqueur . . .)"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Key Lime Pie

Why it works: Lime and vodka work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 225 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Key Lime Pie

2 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

23Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vodkanot 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. Lime + vodkatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lime + vanillatop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together295 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Vodka + vanillatop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, vodka):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Vanillathe original

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