Why it works: Grapefruit and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 70 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓
The recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Cut the peeled grapefruit half into small segments or dice, removing any remaining membranes, and place it in a bowl.
Add the blueberries, minced red onion, chopped jalapeno and chopped cilantro to the bowl and stir gently to combine.
Stir in the lime juice and honey until the honey dissolves into the juices.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 10 minutes so the flavors blend.
Stir once more before serving chilled, with a sliced jalapeno seed check to reduce heat if desired.
Explore the science
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.
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Grapefruit + limetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together70 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,491 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lime + jalapenotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together1,035 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Grapefruit + honeytop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together53 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Grapefruit + peppertop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together117 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grapefruit, lime, jalapeno, pepper, honey):
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Lettucebetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against grapefruit, lime, jalapeno, pepper, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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