Name: Pomegranate Cosmos
Ingredients: 2 cups (16 ounces) good vodka (recommended: Stolichnaya or Finlandia); 1 cup (8 ounces) orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau); 1 cup (8 ounces) pomegranate juice (recommended: Pom Wonderful); ½ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (3 limes); lime peel strips, to garnish

Why it works: Pomegranate and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Pomegranate Cosmos

Ingredients

2 cups (16 ounces) good vodka (recommended: Stolichnaya or Finlandia)
1 cup (8 ounces) orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)
1 cup (8 ounces) pomegranate juice (recommended: Pom Wonderful)
½ cup freshly squeezed lime juice (3 limes)
lime peel strips, to garnish

Directions

Make the cocktail

Combine the vodka, orange liqueur, pomegranate juice, and lime juice in a pitcher and refrigerate until ready to use.

Serve

Pour the mixture into frozen martini glasses with a twist of lime peel and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

145Calories

3 gProtein

1 gFat

35 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pomegranate	1/2 cup seeds (87g)	72
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Vodka	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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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.

Pomegranate + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together90 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Orange + pomegranatetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together116 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together225 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Vodka + pomegranatetop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together23 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

Vodka: Provides the base spirit and alcoholic strength, with little flavour of its own.
Orange liqueur: Adds sweetness and orange aroma that rounds out the sharper juices.
Pomegranate juice: Supplies the colour and tart-sweet fruit flavour of the drink.
Lime juice: Adds acidity that balances the sweetness of the liqueur and juice.