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Raspberry Lime Rickey

"You can change the flavor this recipe by using any flavored syrup. For a Lemon Rickey use a lemon in place of a lime. For an Orange Rickey use an orange etc. For an alcoholic version, add a 1/2 ounce of vodka."

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Raspberry Lime Rickey

Why it works: Lime and raspberry work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 132 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Raspberry Lime Rickey

1 serving
Prep2 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
Syrupnot 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.

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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 + raspberrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together132 recipes

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

  2. Raspberry + syruptop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together377 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Lime + syruptop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (raspberry, syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Red currantfits better
  4. Limethe original

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