Why it works: Avocado and jicama share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 31 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Christmas Guacamole
Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Pomegranate | 1/2 cup seeds (87g) | 72 |
| Jicama | 1 cup (120g) | 46 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
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.
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Avocado + jicamatop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together31 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Lime + jicamatop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together80 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,117 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Lime + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together90 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Pomegranate + jicamatop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together6 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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