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Raspberry & Thyme Gimlet

The perfect cocktail for Christmas eve, curled up in front of the fire with your fave festive movie.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Raspberry & Thyme Gimlet

Why it works: Thyme and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 305 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Raspberry & Thyme Gimlet

Serves 2
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

180Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
47 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pear1 medium (178g)101
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Ginnot 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. Thyme + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pear + thymetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Pear + limetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Gin + limetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Gin + thymetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the pear

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Pearthe original

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