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Frozen Lychee & Mint Cocktails

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Frozen Lychee & Mint Cocktails

Why it works: Mint and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Frozen Lychee & Mint Cocktails

Makes 4
Prep10 min

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By bbcgoodfood. 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. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  2. Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Mint + vodkatop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together47 recipes

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 (vodka, lime):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Jalapenofits better
  3. Dillfits about as well
  4. Mintthe original

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