Name: Tipsy Fruit
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups watermelon chunks; 3 cups pineapple chunks; 2 cups sliced strawberries; 1/4 cup silver tequila, or more to taste; 1/4 cup agave nectar, or more to taste; 3 limes, zested and juiced

Tipsy Fruit

"While this fruit salad won't get you tipsy, it is so delicious you might not stop eating it! Variety of fruit in a light margarita-inspired dressing. Will keep chilled for a couple of days. Mango or jicama can be added if you don't feel stuck to the original recipe."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients

Why it works: Agave and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 134 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tipsy Fruit

8 servings

Prep20 min

Ingredients

3 cups watermelon chunks
3 cups pineapple chunks
2 cups sliced strawberries
1/4 cup silver tequila, or more to taste
1/4 cup agave nectar, or more to taste
3 limes, zested and juiced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

209Calories

3 gProtein

1 gFat

54 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Watermelon	1 cup diced (152g)	46
Agave	1 tsp (7g)	21
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11

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.

Agave + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together134 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together469 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Pineapple + agavetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together19 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the pineapple

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

Avocadofits better
Blueberryfits better
Coconutfits better
Pineapplethe original

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

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