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Mojito Cocktail

Mojito cocktail! A refreshing and easy cocktail made with lime, sugar, white rum, soda and peppermint.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Mojito Cocktail

Why it works: Lime and peppermint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 806 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Mojito Cocktail

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

92Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Peppermintnot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Lime + pepperminttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lime + rumtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Sugar + rumtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,908 recipes

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

  4. Peppermint + rumtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Peppermint + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the peppermint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, sugar, rum):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Peppermintthe original

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