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Pineapple with Lime & Chilli Syrup

A fruity, fresh treat with a spicy kick and more than a touch of the tropical about it

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Pineapple with Lime & Chilli Syrup

Why it works: Lime and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 469 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Pineapple with Lime & Chilli Syrup

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

142Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Syrupnot 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. Lime + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Syrup + pineappletop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together568 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sugar + pineappletop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

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

  5. Syrup + limetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (sugar, syrup, pineapple):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pearfits better
  3. Apricotfits better
  4. Limethe original

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