Name: Pear, Kiwi and Lime Juice
Ingredients: 2 ripe pears; The juice of 1 medium sized lime; 3 kiwi fruits; 2-3 ice cubes

Why it works: Pear and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 52 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Pear, Kiwi and Lime Juice

Ingredients

2 ripe pears
The juice of 1 medium sized lime
3 kiwi fruits
2-3 ice cubes

Directions

Prepare and blend

Core and stem the pears, then coarsely chop and add to a blender.
Add the lime juice.
Peel the kiwi then coarsely chop and add to blender.
Add ice, cover blender and blend until desired consistency.

Serve

Pour into a glass and garnish with thin-sliced pear wedges.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

154Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

41 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 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
Pear	1 medium (178g)	101
Kiwi	1 medium (69g)	42
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Fruit	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).

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.

Pear + limetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together52 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Pears: Provide the main body, sweetness and smooth texture of the juice.
Kiwi fruits: Add tartness and a bright, fresh flavour to the blend.
Lime juice: Adds acidity that brightens the flavour and balances the sweetness of the fruit.

“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.