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Blood Orange Margaritas

Simple margaritas made with fresh blood oranges, limes, agave nectar, tequila and a tiny hint of vanilla. Amounts listed below yield 1 drink so multiply as necessary.

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Blood Orange Margaritas

Why it works: Lime and agave match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 134 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Blood Orange Margaritas

Serves 1
Prep5 min
Cook1 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

155Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Agave1 tsp (7g)21
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By cookieandkate. 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 + agavetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Agave + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Orange + vanillatop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,371 recipes

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

  5. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

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

Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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 vanilla

The recipe marks vanilla as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, lime, agave, sugar):

  1. Blueberryfits about as well
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Vanillathe original
  4. Avocadofits about as well

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