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Bacardi Cranberry Cabana

A cocktail made with Bacardi Carta Blanca rum, lemon or lime juice, grenadine, cranberry juice, and pineapple juice.

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Why it works: Rum and pineapple work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 451 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Bacardi Cranberry Cabana

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour over ice into tall glass.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

183Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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

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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. Rum + pineappletop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Cranberry + pineappletop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Lemon + cranberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Lemon + pineappletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Rum + cranberrytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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

What each ingredient does

Bacardi carta blanca rum
Provides the base spirit that gives the drink its alcoholic body.
Cranberry juice
Adds tartness and most of the drink's volume and colour.
Pineapple juice
Adds sweetness and fruity body that softens the tartness.
Grenadine
Adds sweetness and a deep red colour.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, cranberry, pineapple):

  1. Bananafits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Applefits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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