Name: Presidente Margarita
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: salt for rimming glass; 3 cubes ice, or as desired; 4 fluid ounces sweet-and-sour cocktail mix; 1 1/4 fluid ounces tequila; 1/2 fluid ounce orange-flavored liqueur (such as Cointreau®); 1/2 fluid ounce brandy (such as Presidente®); 1 splash lime juice

Why it works: Orange and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 937 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Presidente Margarita

1 cocktail

Prep5 min

Ingredients

salt for rimming glass
3 cubes ice, or as desired
4 fluid ounces sweet-and-sour cocktail mix
1 1/4 fluid ounces tequila
1/2 fluid ounce orange-flavored liqueur (such as Cointreau®)
1/2 fluid ounce brandy (such as Presidente®)
1 splash lime juice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

11Calories

0 gProtein

0 gFat

4 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cocktail	not in our table	0
Brandy	not in our table	0

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.

Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Orange + brandytop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,706 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Brandy + limetop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together165 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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 (orange, brandy):

Apricotfits better
Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Limethe original

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

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