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Mango Ice Cream Floats

A retro frothy float straight from an American diner with delicate vanilla syrup, fresh fruit and refreshing lemonade

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Mango Ice Cream Floats

Why it works: Mango and lime 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 ↓

Mango Ice Cream Floats

Makes 1.5 litres/12 floats

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

449Calories
16 gProtein
19 gFat
55 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Mango + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Mango + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together160 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, cream, milk, mango, vanilla):

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, cream, milk, mango, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.