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Kumquat Caipirinha Recipe

The natural tartness of cachaça and kumquats is tamed with sugar and ice in this exotic cocktail recipe.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Kumquat Caipirinha Recipe

Why it works: Kumquat and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4 recipes. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

Kumquat Caipirinha Recipe

1 drink
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

60Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Kumquatnot 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 chow. 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. Kumquat + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  2. Kumquat + sugartop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  3. Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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 (kumquat, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Limethe original

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