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Key Lime and Elderflower Pie

An easy twist on the classic key lime pie, this make-ahead dessert has a wonderfully summery taste all year-round.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Key Lime and Elderflower Pie

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 ↓

Key Lime and Elderflower Pie

Serves 8
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

606Calories
18 gProtein
38 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
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 bbcfood. 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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Biscuit + limetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together31 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Sugar + condensed milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, butter, sugar, condensed milk, lime, egg, cream):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, butter, sugar, condensed milk, lime, egg, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.