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Pink Lady Punch

"Very good punch! Good for parties and other festivities. Best served cold...obviously."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Pink Lady Punch

Why it works: Cranberry and pineapple share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Pink Lady Punch

16 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

179Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
47 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
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cocktailnot 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 allrecipes. 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 + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Ginger + cranberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Ginger + pineappletop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together559 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Ginger + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together14,054 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

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

Ginger and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 14,054 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 ginger

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

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerthe original
  3. Peppermintfits less well
  4. Clovefits less well

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