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Sliced Watermelon Jell-O® Shots

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Sliced Watermelon Jell-O® Shots

Why it works: Lime and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 431 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Sliced Watermelon Jell-O® Shots

20 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

34Calories
6 gProtein
0 gFat
4 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 5 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Gelatin1 envelope (7g)23
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Waternot in our table0
Vodkanot in our table0
Black Sesame Seednot 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.

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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 + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together431 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Gelatin + vodkatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Lime + vodkatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Lime + gelatintop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

  5. Gelatin + sesametop 43% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, gelatin, vodka):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Hazelnutfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

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