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Mango Margarita Recipe

This mango margarita recipe is a tropical twist on the classic cocktail.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Mango Margarita Recipe

Why it works: Lime and agave match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 134 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mango Margarita Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

131Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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 + agavetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Mango + orangetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

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

  5. Mango + agavetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Blueberryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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