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Blackberry Pineapple Smash

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Rum and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 451 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rum + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together846 recipes

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

  3. Lime + pineappletop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Mint + rumtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Mint + pineappletop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together182 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

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

  1. Mangobetter flavor fit
  2. Strawberrybetter flavor fit
  3. Limethe original
  4. Melonabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against mint, rum, pineapple. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).