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 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 49 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

The recipe

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.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Pear + limetop 13% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together49 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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.