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Tangy Mango Marmalade

A sweet and tart preserve made from mangoes, lime zest, lime juice, and sugar.

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Why it works: Mango and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Tangy Mango Marmalade

Timeabout 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Put cubed mangoes and lime zest with juice in a large glass bowl.

  2. Cover with pierced cling film.

Cook

  1. Cook in microwave on high for about 15 minutes.

  2. Remove and mash with a potato masher.

  3. Add sugar, cover and cook in microwave for another 10–15 minutes.

Jar

  1. Pour into clean, hot jars.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

60Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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.

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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. Mango + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

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

  3. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

What each ingredient does

Mangoes
Provide the fruit base, pulp and natural sweetness that set the marmalade's flavour.
Sugar
Sweetens the marmalade and helps it thicken and set as it cooks down.
Limes
Add acidity and aromatic zest that brighten the sweet mango flavour.

Swap the lime

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, sugar. 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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