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
Mix with Crushed ice, Serve in a Sugar frosted Decorative glass, Garnish with a Lime wedge & fresh Strawberry if available.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Strawberry | 1 cup (152g) | 49 |
| Lime | juice 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.
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Strawberry + cherrytop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together217 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).
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Lime + cherrytop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together301 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Strawberry + creamtop 14% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,525 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Lime + strawberrytop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together226 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Cherry + creamtop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked 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):
- Vanillafits better
- Raspberryfits better
- Peachfits better
- 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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