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Saft Sparkler with Pama Recipe

A delightful, fruity summer beverage. I modified this recipe from Martha.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mint and pomegranate work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Saft Sparkler with Pama Recipe

10-12 drinks

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

172Calories
2 gProtein
2 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 8 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Strawberry1 cup (152g)49
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Fruitnot in our table0
Rhubarbnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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 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.

  1. Mint + pomegranatetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

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

  2. Ginger + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together647 recipes

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

  3. Rhubarb + pomegranatetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rhubarb + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together241 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Ginger + pomegranatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rhubarb, ginger, sugar, pomegranate):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Mintthe original

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