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Frozen Daiquiri Cocktail

"Frozen daiquiris are a great way to cool off on a hot summer day. Blend rum, sugar, triple sec, and lime juice together with ice for a frosty cocktail treat."

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Frozen Daiquiri Cocktail

Why it works: Lime and cherry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 301 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Frozen Daiquiri Cocktail

1 cocktail
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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 + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Rum + limetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

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

  3. Rum + cherrytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together155 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  4. Rum + sugartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + cherrytop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, sugar, cherry):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Bananafits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rum, sugar, cherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.