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Sparkling Citrus Spritzers

These breakfast spritzers, made with a mixture of grapefruit and orange juices, get an extra burst of flavor from a sprinkling of lime juice just before sparkling mineral water is added.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sparkling Citrus Spritzers

Why it works: Grapefruit and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Sparkling Citrus Spritzers

Serves 6.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

174Calories
3 gProtein
0 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Grapefruit Juice1/2 fruit (123g)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Waternot in our table0
Citrusnot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Grapefruit + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

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

  2. Grapefruit + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

  5. Grapefruit + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together309 recipes

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

Orange and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (grapefruit, orange, sugar):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Vanillafits about as well
  3. Limethe original
  4. Pineapplefits about as well

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