Watermelon and Grappa Ice Lollies and Mango Ice Lollies

Name: Watermelon and Grappa Ice Lollies and Mango Ice Lollies
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 20-24
Ingredients: 350g/12oz caster sugar; 350ml/12fl oz water; pared zest; 900g/2lb watermelon; 100ml/4fl oz of the lime sugar; 4 tbsp of grappa; juice of 2 limes; 2 large mangoes, peeled, roughly chopped and puréed; 100ml/4fl oz lime sugar; juice of 2 limes

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients

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Why it works: Lime and mango 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 ↓

Watermelon and Grappa Ice Lollies and Mango Ice Lollies

Serves 20-24

Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

106Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

28 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
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Watermelon	1 cup diced (152g)	46
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Water	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.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Lime + mangotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together506 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Sugar + mangotop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together561 recipes

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

Swap the lime

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

Vanillafits better
Pineapplefits better
Peachfits better
Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, mango. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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