Name: Mangosteen Sorbet
Ingredients: 2/3 cup mangosteen, chopped; 2/3 cup dry champagne; 1 egg white; 50 g sugar; 6 slices limes; 1 servings Change size or US/metric

Why it works: Champagne and lime work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Mangosteen Sorbet

Ingredients

Directions

Peel the fruit, chop or dice the flesh and then push through a fine sieve.
Stir the champagne into the puree.
Whip up the egg white until thick and then add the sugar and re-beat.
Fold the eggwhite mixture into the fruit puree.
Category:Malaysian Recipes
Category:Malaysian Desserts

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

138Calories

7 gProtein

5 gFat

17 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Mangosteen	not in our table	0
Champagne	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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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.

Champagne + limetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together46 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Champagne + sugartop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together424 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,332 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
Champagne + eggtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together197 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).