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Rachel's Rose Sangria

"This is my twist on 'traditional' Sangria. It's the perfect drink for a girls 'Sex and the City' movie night or a spa party. It's very pretty and very easy to drink. Cheers!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Rachel's Rose Sangria

Why it works: Lemon and lime 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 ↓

Rachel's Rose Sangria

10 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

348Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Green Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Red Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Brandynot 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. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  2. Apple + grapetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Rum + brandytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,058 recipes

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

  4. Rum + appletop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together214 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Wine + grapetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together819 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-p-menthene-8-thiol (grapefruit).

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, brandy, wine, lemon, apple, grape):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rum, brandy, wine, lemon, apple, grape. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.