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Strawberry Margarita

A frozen strawberry margarita made with tequila, lime juice, triple sec, and ice, served in a salt-sugar rimmed glass.

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Why it works: Lime and strawberry work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 226 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Strawberry Margarita

Ingredients

Directions

Make the drink

  1. Combine all ingredients except whole strawberry and lime slice in a blender.

  2. Blend until smooth.

Serve

  1. Pour into a stemmed glass rimmed with salt and sugar.

  2. Garnish with a whole strawberry and a lime slice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

60Calories
1 gProtein
1 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Syrupnot in our table0

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

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

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

  2. Syrup + strawberrytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Syrup + limetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Frozen strawberries in syrup
Provide the main strawberry flavor, sweetness and moisture to the drink.
Tequila
Adds the spirit base and its characteristic agave flavor.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that balances the sweetness and brightens the flavor.
Triple sec
Adds orange sweetness and aroma that rounds out the drink.
Ice
Chills the drink and gives it a thick, slushy texture when blended.

Swap the lime

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against syrup, strawberry. 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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