Name: White Lion
Ingredients: 1 tea-spoonful of pulverized white sugar; ½ a lime (squeeze out juice and put rind in glass).; 1 wine-glass Santa Cruz rum; 1 tea-spoonful of Curacao; 1 tea-spoonful of raspberry syrup

Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

White Lion

Ingredients

1 tea-spoonful of pulverized white sugar
½ a lime (squeeze out juice and put rind in glass).
1 wine-glass Santa Cruz rum
1 tea-spoonful of Curacao
1 tea-spoonful of raspberry syrup

Directions

Fill the glass half-full of shaved ice.
Shake up well.
Strain into a cocktail glass.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

156Calories

2 gProtein

1 gFat

31 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Rum	1/2 oz (15ml)	32
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Syrup	not in our table	0

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.

Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,842 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Wine + rumtop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together230 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).
Rum + raspberrytop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together80 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Lime + rumtop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together412 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Lime + raspberrytop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together132 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Santa cruz rum: Provides the main spirit base and strong flavour of the drink.
Lime: Adds acidity that balances the sweetness of the sugar and syrup.
Raspberry syrup: Adds sweetness and fruity raspberry flavour.
Curacao: Adds orange-citrus sweetness and aroma.

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tea, sugar, wine, rum, raspberry, syrup):

Vanillafits better
Peachfits better
Pineapplefits better
Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tea, sugar, wine, rum, raspberry, syrup. 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.