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Chile Lime Mango and Papaya

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Chile Lime Mango and Papaya

Why it works: Mango and papaya share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 82 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Chile Lime Mango and Papaya

8 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

66Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Papayanot in our table0

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

By aspicyperspective. 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.

  1. Mango + papayatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together82 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

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

  3. Papaya + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Mango + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes

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

  5. Papaya + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together126 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 (mango, papaya, sugar):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Limethe original

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