Name: Papaya and Lime Agua Fresca
Ingredients: 8 cups water; 5 cups chopped papaya, plus cubes for garnish; 1/3 cup fresh lime juice, plus 6 to 8 lime wedges for garnish; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups gold tequila; 1/4 cup Grand Marnier; Ice cubes as needed

Why it works: Papaya and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 91 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Papaya and Lime Agua Fresca

Ingredients

8 cups water
5 cups chopped papaya, plus cubes for garnish
1/3 cup fresh lime juice, plus 6 to 8 lime wedges for garnish
1 cup sugar
2 cups gold tequila
1/4 cup Grand Marnier
Ice cubes as needed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

60Calories

0 gProtein

0 gFat

16 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Water	not in our table	0
Papaya	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.

By williamssonoma. 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.

Papaya + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together91 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Papaya + sugartop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together126 recipes

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

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

Vanillafits better
Mangofits better
Pineapplefits better
Limethe original

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

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