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Exotic Fruit Cocktail

A chilled fruit cocktail made with mango, lychee, lemon juice, sugar, and ice.

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Why it works: Mango and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 302 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Exotic Fruit Cocktail

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Slice mangoes in half.

  2. Remove the seed, then scoop out the meat.

  3. Drain the lychees.

Blend and serve

  1. Add all ingredients to a blender.

  2. Puree until thick.

  3. Add a little grenadine syrup, if desired.

  4. Pour into tall cocktail glasses and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

61Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Lycheenot in our table0
Seednot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Mango + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together302 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Mango + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes

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

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Mangoes
Provide the main body, sweetness and smooth pureed texture of the drink.
Lychees
Add a delicate floral sweetness and a juicy, light flavor to the blend.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness of the fruit.
Confectioner's sugar
Adds extra sweetness that dissolves easily into the cold blended mixture.
Ice cubes
Chill the drink and give it a thick, slushy texture when blended.

The step that matters

Puree until thick. Blending ice with fruit can stop early or leave chunks if not run long enough, so the texture stays uneven. Blending until smooth and thick breaks the ice into fine crystals and fully incorporates the fruit for an even, chilled consistency.

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, lemon):

  1. Orangefits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Mangothe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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