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Great Guacamole

Chuncky avocado, a bit of chilli and a zesty kick cannot fail to make a fantastic guacamole

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Great Guacamole

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Great Guacamole

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

261Calories
4 gProtein
22 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Coriandernot in our table0

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

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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,117 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Coriander + avocadotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,094 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  5. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, garlic, pepper, lime, avocado):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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