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Tropical Sangria with Passionfruit

This sangria is my current personal favorite. I know I have a lot of favorites, but I strongly encourage you to try this. It is light, but full of flavor and reminiscent of the vacation of your dreams. You know what I’m talking about!

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Why it works: Passion fruit and rum work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 21 recipes mention both. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Halve the passion fruits and scoop the pulp and seeds into a large pitcher or bowl. Peel the mangos, cut the flesh away from the pit, and dice it into small cubes.

  2. Slice the 8 strawberries, reserving 2 whole strawberries for garnish. Add the sliced strawberries and diced mango to the pitcher with the passion fruit.

  3. Add the superfine sugar and white rum, then stir gently for about 1 minute so the sugar begins to dissolve and the fruit softens.

  4. Pour in the Sauvignon Blanc and pineapple juice, and stir to combine. Tear 2 of the mint sprigs lightly and add them to the pitcher.

  5. Cover and refrigerate the sangria for at least 1 hour so the flavors blend.

  6. Just before serving, stir in the dash of sparkling water. Taste and serve the sangria in glasses, dividing the fruit evenly.

  7. Slice the 2 reserved strawberries and garnish each glass with a strawberry slice and a mint sprig.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Passion fruit + rumtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Pineapple + rumtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Mango + pineappletop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together224 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  4. Mango + passion fruittop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together42 recipes

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

  5. Mango + rumtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together48 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, passion fruit, pineapple, rum, sugar):

  1. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Mintthe original
  3. Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Peppermintabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, passion fruit, pineapple, rum, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).