Name: Prosecco-Rose Petal Pops
Yield: Makes 6 pops
Ingredients: 1 cup white grape juice; 1 cup cold, flat Prosecco; 1/3 cup rose water; 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice; About 30 red rosebud petals, rinsed

Why it works: Rose and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,174 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Prosecco-Rose Petal Pops

Makes 6 pops

Ingredients

1 cup white grape juice
1 cup cold, flat Prosecco
1/3 cup rose water
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
About 30 red rosebud petals, rinsed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

74Calories

1 gProtein

0 gFat

20 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
White Grape Juice	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Rose	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 epicurious. 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.

Rose + lemontop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,174 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Grape + lemontop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,412 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Grape + rosetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together114 recipes

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

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

Swap the grape

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

Orangefits better
Limefits better
Raspberryfits better
Grapethe original

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

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