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Park Place Punch

A raspberry‑cranberry punch with orange and lime juices, topped with club soda.

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Why it works: Cranberry and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 230 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Park Place Punch

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour the raspberry‑cranberry drink, orange juice and lime juice into a tall glass filled with ice.

  2. Top with club soda.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

122Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
31 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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. Cranberry + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together230 recipes

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

  2. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Cranberry + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Raspberry + cranberrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

  5. Raspberry + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together521 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Raspberry‑cranberry drink
Provides the main fruity flavour and sweetness, with tartness from the cranberry.
Orange juice
Adds sweetness and a bright citrus flavour that rounds out the drink.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that sharpens the flavour and balances the sweetness.
Club soda
Adds carbonation, giving the punch its fizz and lighter body.

Swap the raspberry

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cranberry, orange, lime. 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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