Name: Blueberry Limeade
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 6 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1 FOR THE SIMPLE SYRUP WITH BLUEBERRIES:; 1 cup Lime, Zested; 1 cup Water; 1-½ cup Sugar; 1 cup Blueberries; 4 cups FOR THE BLUEBERRY LIMEADE:; 5 cups Fresh Squeezed And Strained Lime Juice (for 1 Cup You'll Need About 6 To 7 Limes); ½ cups Cold Water; 1 Ice Cubes

Why it works: Lime and blueberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 84 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Blueberry Limeade

Serves 5

Prep30 min

Cook6 min

Ingredients

1 FOR THE SIMPLE SYRUP WITH BLUEBERRIES:
1 cup Lime, Zested
1 cup Water
1-½ cup Sugar
1 cup Blueberries
4 cups FOR THE BLUEBERRY LIMEADE:
5 cups Fresh Squeezed And Strained Lime Juice (for 1 Cup You'll Need About 6 To 7 Limes)
½ cups Cold Water
1 Ice Cubes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

144Calories

1 gProtein

1 gFat

37 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Syrup	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 tastykitchen. 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.

Lime + blueberrytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together84 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Syrup + sugartop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,842 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + blueberrytop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,292 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Syrup + blueberrytop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together69 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Syrup + limetop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together322 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (syrup, sugar, blueberry):

Vanillafits better
Peachfits better
Strawberryfits better
Limethe original

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

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