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Lime Jar Jellies

I love the unexpected cucumber in this cool and fruity jelly.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Lime Jar Jellies

Why it works: Lime and lemon 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 ↓

Lime Jar Jellies

Serves 10
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

222Calories
10 gProtein
1 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Gelatin1 envelope (7g)23
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Waternot in our table0
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 tastykitchen. 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 + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  2. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + mandarin orangetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

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

  4. Lime + mandarin orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

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

Swap the mint

The recipe marks mint as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (gelatin, lime, sugar, lemon, mandarin orange, cucumber):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against gelatin, lime, sugar, lemon, mandarin orange, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.