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Mango&Malibu Ginger Frogurt

Summery frozen yogurt

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Mango and ginger work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 280 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓

Mango&Malibu Ginger Frogurt

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

250Calories
18 gProtein
1 gFat
44 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
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Wafflenot 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. Mango + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together280 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  2. Mango + yogurttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Sugar + gingertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together14,054 recipes

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

  4. Yogurt + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,614 recipes

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

  5. Yogurt + gingertop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together861 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Sugar and ginger barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 14,054 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 ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, yogurt, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Corianderfits about as well
  3. Gingerthe original
  4. Turmericfits about as well

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