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Ghanan Fruit Salad

A tropical fruit salad with pineapple, orange, mango, banana, lime juice, brown sugar, and toasted coconut.

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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 ↓

Ghanan Fruit Salad

Timeat least 1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the salad

  1. Combine fruits in a bowl.

  2. Combine lime juice and brown sugar and add to fruits; toss to coat.

  3. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.

Finish and serve

  1. Sprinkle with coconut.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

592Calories
6 gProtein
28 gFat
90 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Orange1 medium (131g)62
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.

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

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

  2. Pineapple + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  3. Pineapple + bananatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together733 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Mango + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together221 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Pineapple
Provides the main sweet, juicy body of the fruit salad.
Mangoes
Add sweetness, soft texture and a fragrant aroma to the salad.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens the fruit flavour and balances the sugar.
Dark brown sugar
Adds sweetness and a molasses note that draws out juice from the fruit.
Shredded coconut
Adds toasted, nutty aroma and a contrasting dry crunch on top.

The step that matters

Chill at least 1 hour. Chilling lets the sugar and lime juice draw juice from the fruit and mingle with it, so the flavours blend and the syrup forms. Serving too soon leaves the salad thin and the flavours separate.

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Melonfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, mango, banana, lime, sugar, coconut. 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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