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Bandera Mexicana

A tequila-based cocktail featuring jícama, grapes, maraschino cherries, sugar, lime juice, and crushed ice.

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Why it works: Grape and lime work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 246 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Bandera Mexicana

six cocktail glasses

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Fill six cocktail glasses with crushed ice.

  2. With a melon baller, scoop six balls from jícama.

  3. Put one jícama ball, one grape, and one cherry on each pick.

Mix and serve

  1. In a pitcher, combine sugar, lime juice, and tequila, then stir and pour into cocktail glasses.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

209Calories
2 gProtein
1 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Grape1/2 cup (76g)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.

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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.

  1. Grape + limetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together246 recipes

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

  2. Grape + sugartop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,490 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Sugar + limetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

What each ingredient does

Tequila
Provides the spirit base and the main flavour of the drink.
Lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens the drink and balances the sweetness.
Granulated sugar
Adds sweetness that softens the sharpness of the lime juice.

The step that matters

Dissolve the sugar fully when mixing. Granulated sugar dissolves slowly in cold liquid and acid. Stirring until it is fully dissolved keeps the sweetness even, so the last glasses are not sour or grainy.

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Limethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against grape, sugar. 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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