Name: Blue Lightning
Ingredients: 1/3 oz Blue Curacao liqueur; 1/3 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur; 1/3 oz Wild Turkey® bourbon whiskey; 5 oz lime mix

Why it works: Peach and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 130 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Blue Lightning

Ingredients

1/3 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1/3 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
1/3 oz Wild Turkey® bourbon whiskey
5 oz lime mix

Directions

Pour the blue curacao, Southern Comfort, and Wild Turkey into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes.
Fill with prepared lime mix, and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

268Calories

33 gProtein

4 gFat

18 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Peach	1 medium (150g)	59
Bourbon Whiskey	1/2 oz (15ml)	33
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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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.

Peach + limetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together130 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Turkey + limetop 32% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Peach + turkeytop 46% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together0 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Blue curacao liqueur: Adds the blue color and orange-citrus sweetness to the drink.
Southern comfort peach liqueur: Contributes peach sweetness and aromatic depth to the drink.
Wild turkey bourbon whiskey: Provides the spirit backbone and warming oak-derived flavor.
Lime mix: Supplies the main sour acidity and volume that balances the sweet liqueurs.