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Easy Raspberry Lemonade

"Raspberry Lemonade Punch - We came up with this recipe for my brothers wedding reception. We wanted to serve something that was easy and quick to fix, yet good at the same time. After a few tries, we ended up with this recipe...and a lot of compliments."

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Easy Raspberry Lemonade

Why it works: Lime and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Easy Raspberry Lemonade

18 (4 ounce) servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

75Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  2. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

  4. Raspberry + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Raspberry + lemontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the mint

The recipe marks mint as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raspberry, lime, lemon):

  1. Corianderfits about as well
  2. Mintthe original
  3. Peppermintfits about as well
  4. Thymefits less well

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