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New Year’s Diva

This fruity, fizzy cocktail is perfect for sipping as the clock strikes twelve!

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

New Year’s Diva

Serves 1
Prep30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

121Calories
1 gProtein
1 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Peppermintnot in our table0
Champagnenot in our table0

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 + minttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Strawberry + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-vinylguaiacol (spicy, fruity).

  3. Strawberry + champagnetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Strawberry + minttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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 (strawberry, vanilla, sugar, mint, champagne):

  1. Raspberryfits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Melonfits better
  4. Limethe original

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