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Dot's Pimms

Best way to mix Pimm's to be refreshing rather than too sweet.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mint and lime 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 ↓

Dot's Pimms

Serves 5

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

169Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Ginger + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together647 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Ginger + beertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Beer + limetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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 (ginger, beer, lime):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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