Name: Tequila Sunrise
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger tequila; 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice; ice cubes; 1/2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger grenadine syrup; 1 slice orange, for garnish; 1 maraschino cherry for garnish

Tequila Sunrise

"This pretty drink with layers of orange juice and grenadine is delicious on a hot day. The fact that the ratio of juice to tequila is high makes it a good choice for a brunch cocktail."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients

Why it works: Orange and cherry work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 689 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Tequila Sunrise

1 cocktail

Prep5 min

Ingredients

1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger tequila
3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
ice cubes
1/2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger grenadine syrup
1 slice orange, for garnish
1 maraschino cherry for garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

149Calories

3 gProtein

0 gFat

37 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Syrup	not in our table	0

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.

Explore the science

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.

Orange + cherrytop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together689 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Syrup + cherrytop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together339 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Orange + syruptop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,179 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (syrup, cherry):

Vanillafits better
Peachfits better
Apricotfits better
Orangethe original

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

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