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Strawberry Mint & Cucumber Martini

If you prefer to drink your strawberries, this martini is a great way to do it. This not-too-sweet strawberry martini is herbal, fresh and lip-smacking.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Strawberry Mint & Cucumber Martini

Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Strawberry Mint & Cucumber Martini

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

76Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Peppermintnot in our table0
Ginnot in our table0
Syrupnot 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 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.

  1. Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  2. Cucumber + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together884 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lime + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Gin + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Cucumber + gintop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, cucumber, gin, syrup):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Peppermintfits about as well
  3. Gingerfits about as well
  4. Mintthe original

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