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Raspberry Velvet

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Raspberry Velvet

Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Raspberry Velvet

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

188Calories
3 gProtein
2 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Black Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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.

By epicurious. 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.

  1. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Black raspberry + limetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Black raspberry + minttop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Black raspberry + sugartop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the black raspberry

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Black raspberrythe original

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