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Mojito Cream Puffs

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Mojito Cream Puffs

Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mojito Cream Puffs

6 servings
Prep35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories
5 gProtein
11 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 9 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Syrupnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  2. Lime + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together773 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Rum + cream cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Mint + rumtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, sugar, corn, syrup, rum, cream cheese):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, sugar, corn, syrup, rum, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.