Name: Spicy Grapefruit Margaritas
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1 margarita
Ingredients: 1 ounce fresh lime juice (about 1 large lime, juiced); 1 teaspoon light agave nectar or 2 teaspoons simple syrup; 1 thinly sliced jalapeño round (1/8th to ¼th inch wide, a little goes a long way!); 2 ounces grapefruit juice (about ½ large grapefruit, juiced); 1½ ounces blanco/silver or reposado tequila; 3 parts kosher salt; 1 part ancho chili powder or regular chili powder; Lime wedges; Small grapefruit wedges for garnish, optional

Why it works: Lime and agave match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 134 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Spicy Grapefruit Margaritas

1 margarita

Prep5 min

Ingredients

1 ounce fresh lime juice (about 1 large lime, juiced)
1 teaspoon light agave nectar or 2 teaspoons simple syrup
1 thinly sliced jalapeño round (1/8th to ¼th inch wide, a little goes a long way!)
2 ounces grapefruit juice (about ½ large grapefruit, juiced)
1½ ounces blanco/silver or reposado tequila
3 parts kosher salt
1 part ancho chili powder or regular chili powder
Lime wedges
Small grapefruit wedges for garnish, optional

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

144Calories

3 gProtein

1 gFat

36 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Grapefruit Juice	1/2 fruit (123g)	52
Grapefruit	1/2 fruit (123g)	52
Agave	1 tsp (7g)	21
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Syrup	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 cookieandkate. 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 + agavetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together134 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lime + grapefruittop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together70 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Agave + grapefruittop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the grapefruit

The recipe marks grapefruit as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, agave):

Avocadofits better
Blueberryfits better
Coconutfits better
Grapefruitthe original

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

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