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Basil Strawberry Mango Smoothie

"This smoothie makes for a great not too sweet cool summer beverage."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Basil and mango share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 35 recipes mention both. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

The recipe

1 1/2 cups
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Add the basil leaves, frozen mango pieces, hulled strawberries and water to a blender.

  2. Add the sugar to the blender; it is optional, so you can leave it out or add it to taste.

  3. Place the ice cubes on top of the other ingredients in the blender.

  4. Blend on high for about 1 minute until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides if needed.

  5. Taste the smoothie and blend in more sugar for about 10 seconds if you want it sweeter.

  6. Pour into glasses and serve right away.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Basil + mangotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Mango + sugartop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together562 recipes

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

  3. Basil + sugartop 25% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,231 recipes

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

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