Name: Strawberry Gimlets with Homemade Strawberry Vodka
Yield: Makes 2 drinks
Ingredients: 6 fresh strawberries; 4 teaspoons sugar; 4 ounces lime juice (about 8 limes); 4 ounces homemade strawberry vodka (recipe follows); 2 half moon-shaped slices of lime; About 3/4 cup strawberry tops (fruit and leaves, from 1 pint of berries); 1 cup vodka, or more to fill the jar.

Why it works: Lime and vodka work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 225 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Strawberry Gimlets with Homemade Strawberry Vodka

Makes 2 drinks

Ingredients

6 fresh strawberries
4 teaspoons sugar
4 ounces lime juice (about 8 limes)
4 ounces homemade strawberry vodka (recipe follows)
2 half moon-shaped slices of lime
About 3/4 cup strawberry tops (fruit and leaves, from 1 pint of berries)
1 cup vodka, or more to fill the jar.

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

109Calories

1 gProtein

1 gFat

28 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Vodka	not in our table	0
Fruit	not in our table	0

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

By biggirlssmallkitchen. 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.

Lime + vodkatop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together225 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Lime + strawberrytop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together226 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Sugar + vodkatop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together327 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + strawberrytop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,060 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Strawberry + vodkatop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together48 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the strawberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, lime, vodka):

Lemonfits better
Blueberryfits better
Orangefits better
Strawberrythe original

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

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