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Strawberry Basil Lemonade

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,820 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

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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. Lemon + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,820 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Lemon + vodkatop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Lemon + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together53,530 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + vodkatop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together327 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Basil + vodkatop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Lemon and sugar 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