Name: Kiwi & Mint Sorbet
Yield: Makes 800ml/serves 4-6
Ingredients: 160g golden caster sugar; 10-12 large kiwi fruit; 4 tbsp lime juice; a large handful mint leaves

Why it works: Lime and mint 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 ↓

Kiwi & Mint Sorbet

Makes 800ml/serves 4-6

Ingredients

160g golden caster sugar
10-12 large kiwi fruit
4 tbsp lime juice
a large handful mint leaves

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

102Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

26 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Kiwi	1 medium (69g)	42
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Fruit	not in our table	0
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 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.

Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,332 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
Sugar + minttop 32% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,592 recipes

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

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 (sugar, lime):

Corianderfits better
Cinnamonfits better
Gingerfits better
Mintthe original

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

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