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Why it works: Strawberry and cherry work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 217 recipes. Both carry ethyl pentanoate, which smells yeast, fruit. The science ↓

Strawberry Marguarita

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix with Crushed ice, Serve in a Sugar frosted Decorative glass, Garnish with a Lime wedge & fresh Strawberry if available.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

198Calories
3 gProtein
6 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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

Explore the science

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. Strawberry + cherrytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together217 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  2. Lime + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Strawberry + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Lime + strawberrytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together226 recipes

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

  5. Cherry + creamtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together827 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (strawberry, cherry, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raspberryfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Limethe original

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

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