Name: Mojito Fruit Salad
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 bunch fresh mint, leaves picked; finely grated zest and juice of 3 limes; 2 tablespoons light brown sugar; white rum, to taste; ¼ large watermelon, peeled and cut into chunks; 2 ripe mangoes, stoned and flesh scooped out with a spoon; 1 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks

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 ↓

Mojito Fruit Salad

Serves 6

Ingredients

1 bunch fresh mint, leaves picked
finely grated zest and juice of 3 limes
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
white rum, to taste
¼ large watermelon, peeled and cut into chunks
2 ripe mangoes, stoned and flesh scooped out with a spoon
1 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

220Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

50 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Watermelon	1 cup diced (152g)	46
Rum	1/2 oz (15ml)	32
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Peppermint	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 jamieoliver. 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).
Mango + pineappletop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together224 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Rum + pineappletop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Rum + mangotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together48 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 mint

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

Gingerfits better
Cinnamonfits better
Corianderfits better
Mintthe original

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

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