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Tropical Punch Cups

A refreshing fruit salad to hand out to guests at the end of a party

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Tropical Punch Cups

Why it works: Pineapple and mango match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 224 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, sweet. The science ↓

Tropical Punch Cups

Serves 8 - 10
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

127Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 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
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Starfruitnot in our table0
Guavanot in our table0
Fruit Juicenot 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. Pineapple + mangotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  2. Mango + guavatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pineapple + guavatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: mesifurane (caramel, sweet).

  4. Mango + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together280 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Pineapple + starfruittop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-undecalactone (coconut, creamy).

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

Swap the starfruit

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, mango, guava, ginger, beer):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Starfruitthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, mango, guava, ginger, beer. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.