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Gluten Free Key Lime Pie

A great gluten free dessert, fresh and fruity, perfect for summer or after a large meal. Prepare in advance and jazz up with candied fruit and cream just before serving.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Condensed milk and lime work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 122 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

  • For the base
  • For the filling
  • For the topping
  • For decoration

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Condensed milk + limetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cream + sugartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Biscuit + sugartop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Condensed milk + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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