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Frozen Cherry Margarita

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and cherry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 301 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Frozen Cherry Margarita

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

147Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
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.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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 + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Sugar + cherrytop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  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

Swap the lime

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, cherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.