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Nui Nui Recipe

Jeff "Beachbum" Berry has spent years uncovering the recipes for original tiki drinks from the '30s and '40s. The Nui Nui was originally made by Don the Beachcomber...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Nui Nui Recipe

Why it works: Lime and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 147 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Nui Nui Recipe

2 drinks

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

172Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Orange Peel1 medium (131g)62
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5

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

By chow. 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. Lime + allspicetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together147 recipes

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

  2. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Orange + allspicetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together727 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Rum + limetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

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

  5. Rum + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together801 recipes

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

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, lime, orange):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Allspicethe original

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