Aziza's Lambrusco Sangría Recipe

Name: Aziza's Lambrusco Sangría Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 5 large or 10 small ice cubes, plus more for shaking; 1/2 medium lemon, peeled and sliced into small cubes; 1/2 medium lime, peeled and sliced into small cubes; 1/2 medium orange, peeled and sliced into small cubes; 1 ounce brandy; 1 ounce Cointreau; 1 ounce gin; 1 ounce; 5 ounces dry, or; Lambrusco

This sangría recipe uses Lambrusco, a sparkling red wine, along with Cointreau, brandy, and gin to update a classic cocktail.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients

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Why it works: Lemon and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Aziza's Lambrusco Sangría Recipe

1 drink

Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

85Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

22 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 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
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Brandy	not in our table	0
Gin	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.

By chow. 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.

Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,289 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,634 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together937 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Orange + brandytop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,706 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Lime + gintop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together115 recipes

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

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