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Mint and Melon Recipe

You might think I’ve gone bonkers here but, believe me, grating some extra strong mints over the top of this refreshing melon salad makes all the difference.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Melon and mint work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 157 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

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4 people
Prep20 min

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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. Melon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together846 recipes

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

  3. Melon + honeytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Melon + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Olive + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,054 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (melon, honey, olive, mint):

  1. Mangobetter flavor fit
  2. Strawberryabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Grapeabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against melon, honey, olive, mint. 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).