Name: Raspberry-ade
Ingredients: 2-3 tablespoons raspberry syrup; lemonade

Why it works: Raspberry and syrup work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 377 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Raspberry-ade

Ingredients

2-3 tablespoons raspberry syrup
lemonade

Directions

Add 2-3 tablespoons of raspberry syrup to each glass of lemonade. Stir well to combine.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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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.

Raspberry + syruptop 20% of all pairs

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Cooked together377 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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What each ingredient does

Raspberry syrup: Adds sweetness and raspberry flavor that blends into the lemonade.
Lemonade: Provides the base liquid and the tart, citrusy flavor.

“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.