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Pimient d'Espelette Mayonnaise

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Pimient d'Espelette Mayonnaise

Why it works: Lemon and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pimient d'Espelette Mayonnaise

Makes 1 cup

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

142Calories
8 gProtein
6 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, sherry, wine, vinegar, lime, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Shallotthe original
  3. Broccolifits about as well
  4. Tomatofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, sherry, wine, vinegar, lime, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.