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Pimped-up Prosecco

"I get the Prosecco chilling in the fridge, and halve citrus and other fruits before guests arrive," says Jamie. "This means everyone can just squeeze their favourite juice into a glass and top it up with some fizz."

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Pimped-up Prosecco

Why it works: Lime and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 90 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Pimped-up Prosecco

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

135Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Grapefruit1/2 fruit (123g)52
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Clementinenot in our table0
Passionfruitnot in our table0
Blackcurrantnot 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 jamieoliver. 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 + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

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

  2. Lime + grapefruittop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Pomegranate + grapefruittop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13 recipes

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

  4. Lime + passionfruittop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Passionfruit + grapefruittop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the passionfruit

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, pomegranate, grapefruit):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Passionfruitthe original

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