Name: Mini Key Lime Pies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 12 mini pies
Ingredients: 12 mini graham cracker crusts; 3 cups sweetened condensed milk; 1 cup sour cream; 1 cup freshly squeezed Key lime juice; 3 tablespoons grated Key lime zest; 2 fresh Key limes, thinly sliced; 1 (7 ounce) can whipped cream topping

Why it works: Condensed milk and cream work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 416 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Mini Key Lime Pies

12 mini pies

Prep20 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

12 mini graham cracker crusts
3 cups sweetened condensed milk
1 cup sour cream
1 cup freshly squeezed Key lime juice
3 tablespoons grated Key lime zest
2 fresh Key limes, thinly sliced
1 (7 ounce) can whipped cream topping

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

377Calories

27 gProtein

16 gFat

33 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cracker	5 saltine crackers (15g)	66
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Topping	not in our table	0

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.

Condensed milk + creamtop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together416 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Condensed milk + limetop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together122 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + limetop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together740 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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 (condensed milk, cream):

Coconutfits better
Vanillafits better
Strawberryfits better
Limethe original

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

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