Name: Earl Grey Granita with a Tangerine Twist
Yield: Serves 6.
Ingredients: 4 cups water; 6 Tbs. loose Earl Grey tea leaves; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup fresh tangerine or orange juice; 6 tangerine zest strips

Earl Grey Granita with a Tangerine Twist

The hint of fresh juice in this refreshing granita, or ice, highlights the citrusy notes of Earl Grey tea, which is flavored with the essential oil of bergamot orange peel. If you grow bergamot orange in the garden, use its juice and zest here in place of the tangerine.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients

Why it works: Sugar and tangerine work together. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 112 recipes. The science ↓

Earl Grey Granita with a Tangerine Twist

Serves 6.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

111Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

28 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 5 ingredients. The other 3 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
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Water	not in our table	0
Tea	not in our table	0
Tangerine	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 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.

Sugar + tangerinetop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together112 recipes
Tea + sugartop 31% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,204 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Tea + tangerinetop 43% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the tangerine

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

Vanillafits better
Peachfits better
Lemonfits better
Tangerinethe original

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

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