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Spicy Tomato Cooler

"This versatile spicy tomato cooler is a tasty way to start the day. Add some vodka and you'll have a great beverage for brunch or an evening cocktail. Adjust the hot sauce and horseradish to your desired level of spiciness."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Spicy Tomato Cooler

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spicy Tomato Cooler

2 glasses
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

273Calories
27 gProtein
15 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cocktailnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Horseradishnot 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + celerytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Lime + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Horseradish + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together835 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the lime

The recipe marks lime as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, beef, sauce, pepper, horseradish, celery):

  1. Limethe original
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, beef, sauce, pepper, horseradish, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.