Why it works: Green tea and pineapple work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
White Wine Punch for Ladies
Ingredients
Directions
In a punch bowl, combine the wine, green tea, and pineapple juice.
One hour before serving, add a lump of ice to the bowl.
When ready to serve, add boiled and skimmed sugar to taste and stir well.
Finally, add the sparkling wine and sparkling water, and serve immediately.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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.
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Green tea + pineappletop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together30 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Pineapple + sugartop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,841 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Green tea + sugartop 30% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together159 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- White wine (in the method)
- Forms the base of the punch and supplies most of its liquid and flavour.
- Sparkling wine
- Adds effervescence and a light, lively character when added at the end.
- Pineapple juice
- Adds fruity sweetness and acidity that balance the wine.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness, adjusted to taste.
The step that matters
Adding the sparkling wine and sparkling water last. Carbonation escapes quickly from warm or stirred liquid, so adding the sparkling components just before serving keeps the punch fizzy.
Swap the pineapple
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (green tea, sugar):
- Vanillafits better
- Orangefits about as well
- Lemonfits about as well
- Pineapplethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against green tea, 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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