Name: Watermelon Martinis
Ingredients: 1 cup strained sweet, fresh watermelon juice (I used almost one-third of the Sugar Baby Watermelon); 1/2 cup good vodka (Grey Goose or Ketel One); Squeeze of fresh lime juice; Ice cubes; Sugar to rim the glasses; Watermelon slices for garnish

Why it works: Vodka and lime work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 225 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Watermelon Martinis

Ingredients

1 cup strained sweet, fresh watermelon juice (I used almost one-third of the Sugar Baby Watermelon)
1/2 cup good vodka (Grey Goose or Ketel One)
Squeeze of fresh lime juice
Ice cubes
Sugar to rim the glasses
Watermelon slices for garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

106Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

28 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Watermelon	1 cup diced (152g)	46
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Vodka	not in our table	0
Goose	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 bunkycooks. 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.

Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together225 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + vodkatop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together327 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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 (sugar, vodka):

Vanillafits better
Lemonfits about as well
Limethe original
Peachfits less well

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

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