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Icy Cold Blood Orange Cosmo

Fresh juice and a touch of icy cold sorbet combine in this lovely summer sipper!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Icy Cold Blood Orange Cosmo

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 ↓

Icy Cold Blood Orange Cosmo

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

73Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vodkanot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Orange + minttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together549 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vodka + orangetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Orangethe original
  4. Mangofits about as well

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