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Rosemary-Infused Watermelon Lemonade

"This is a recipe I created in an effort to duplicate my favorite lemonade from a cafe in downtown L.A. called, well, 'Lemonade'. I don't like it too sweet, so if you want to add more sugar, cool. But I think that this recipe is perfect. It also makes a great martini served in a sugar-rimmed glass with a garnish of watermelon wedge and a twist of lemon! Simply fabulous!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Rosemary and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 845 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves and the mixture just starts to simmer, about 5 minutes.

  2. Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in the chopped rosemary leaves, cover, and let steep for 30 minutes.

  3. Strain the rosemary syrup into a pitcher, discarding the leaves, and chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes until cold.

  4. Purée the cubed watermelon in batches in a blender until completely smooth.

  5. Pour the watermelon purée through a fine-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, pressing on the pulp to extract as much juice as possible.

  6. Stir the lemon juice and the cold rosemary syrup into the watermelon juice, then chill for 30 minutes.

  7. Fill glasses with ice cubes, pour the lemonade over the ice, and serve cold.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rosemary + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together845 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together53,530 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + rosemarytop 25% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together568 recipes

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

Sugar and lemon share little aroma chemistry, yet 53,530 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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