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Race Horse

"A delicious alcoholic drink. It's very yellow and looks good in a tall glass with a straw."

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Race Horse

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 ↓

Race Horse

1 cocktail
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

113Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 5 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vodkanot in our table0
Citrusnot in our table0
Energy Drinknot 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. Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Lime + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together679 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lemon + honeytop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,707 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Vodka + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, lime, honey):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Mangofits about as well
  3. Pineapplefits about as well
  4. Blueberryfits about as well

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