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Persimmon Green Smoothie

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Why it works: Kefir and banana work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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 persimmons and pit the avocado, then cut the persimmon flesh and avocado into chunks.

  2. Add the almond milk and kefir to a blender first so the blades move freely.

  3. Add the kale, spinach, Swiss chard, persimmon, frozen banana, avocado, chia seeds and honey if using.

  4. Blend on high for 1 to 2 minutes until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed.

  5. Taste and add more honey if you want it sweeter, then blend briefly to combine.

  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. Kefir + bananatop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Kale + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Spinach + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Kale + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Almond + spinachtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, milk, kefir, kale, spinach, chard, persimmon):

  1. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  2. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  3. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, milk, kefir, kale, spinach, chard, persimmon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).