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Raspberry Basil Bourbon Spritzers

Dress up your drinks with these raspberry basil bourbon spritzers—perfect for Valentine’s Day! (Or, y’know, Tuesday).

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Raspberry Basil Bourbon Spritzers

Why it works: Basil and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 505 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Raspberry Basil Bourbon Spritzers

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

125Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
31 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
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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. Basil + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Basil + champagnetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together81 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the basil

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

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Mintfits better
  4. Basilthe original

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