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Skinny Blueberry Spritzer

A light refreshing and skinny cocktail made with blueberries, lime juice and champagne.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Skinny Blueberry Spritzer

Why it works: Blueberry and lime 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 ↓

Skinny Blueberry Spritzer

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

144Calories
1 gProtein
1 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Champagnenot 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. Blueberry + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together84 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Blueberry + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Lime + champagnetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Blueberry + champagnetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Sugar + champagnetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together424 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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 (blueberry, sugar, champagne):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Limethe original

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