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Papaya Passion Smoothie

"This is the most delicate, creamiest papaya smoothie ever. It is very refreshing and tasty!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Papaya and vanilla share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 23 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

6 cups
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Peel the papaya, remove the seeds, and cut the flesh into cubes.

  2. Add the papaya, milk, white sugar, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla yogurt and cream cheese to a blender.

  3. Blend on high until the mixture is completely smooth, scraping down the sides as needed.

  4. Add the ice and blend again until the smoothie is thick and frosty.

  5. Taste and blend briefly again if the ice needs breaking down further.

  6. Pour into glasses and serve right away while cold.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Papaya + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Yogurt + cream cheesetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together873 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Vanilla + yogurttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,191 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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