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Mosaic Dessert Bars

"Bright and colorful cubes of strawberry, lime, orange, and lemon gelatin shine like stained glass in this pretty dessert."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Mosaic Dessert Bars

Why it works: Lime and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mosaic Dessert Bars

1 9x13-inch pan
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

306Calories
17 gProtein
9 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Gelatin1 envelope (7g)23
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
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. Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  2. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  3. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Strawberry + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together726 recipes

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

  5. Gelatin + condensed milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the strawberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (gelatin, lime, orange, lemon, condensed milk):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Strawberrythe original

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