Name: Blueberry Agua Fresca
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 12 ounces, weight Frozen Blueberries; 1 pint Fresh Strawberries, Cleaned And Sliced In Half; ½ cups Simple Syrup (purchase It Or Make Your Own) Or Your Favorite Sweetener; 7 cups Water, Divided Use; 1 cup Ice

Why it works: Blueberry and strawberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 427 recipes. Both carry 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone, which smells spice. The science ↓

Blueberry Agua Fresca

Serves 8

Prep5 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

12 ounces, weight Frozen Blueberries
1 pint Fresh Strawberries, Cleaned And Sliced In Half
½ cups Simple Syrup (purchase It Or Make Your Own) Or Your Favorite Sweetener
7 cups Water, Divided Use
1 cup Ice

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

133Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

33 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 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
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Syrup	not in our table	0
Water	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 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.

Blueberry + strawberrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together427 recipes

Shared aroma: 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5h)-furanone (spice).
Strawberry + syruptop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together332 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Blueberry + syruptop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together69 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the blueberry

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

Vanillafits better
Pineapplefits better
Peachfits about as well
Blueberrythe original

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

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