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Cranraspberry Lemonade

Lemony-ade with an extra tang.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cranberry and raspberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 52 recipes. Both carry ethyl benzoate, which smells fruity, sweet. The science ↓

Cranraspberry Lemonade

Makes 2 glasses

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

171Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Waternot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Cranberry + raspberrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  2. Lemon + raspberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + cranberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Lemon + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sugar + raspberrytop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Lemon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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 cranberry

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Cranberrythe original

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