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Ward Eight Recipe

A unique variation on a classic Sour made with rye, lemon juice, orange juice, and grenadine.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Ward Eight Recipe

Why it works: Lemon and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Ward Eight Recipe

1 drink
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories
6 gProtein
2 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Rye1 slice (32g)83
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

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

By chow. 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. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Orange + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Rye + cherrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Lemon + cherrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Rye + orangetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together75 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rye, lemon, orange):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherrythe original
  3. Blueberryfits about as well
  4. Figfits about as well

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