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The Rude Pomopolitan Recipe

The Rude Cosmo was nothing more than a Cosmo with tequila instead of vodka. I make this mix while looking for a 'something different' to serve at my cocktail...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pomegranate and lime 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 ↓

The Rude Pomopolitan Recipe

One cocktail, but there's always the option for more... and you'll want more.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

145Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Pomegranate + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

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

  2. Pomegranate + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together116 recipes

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

  3. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the orange

The recipe marks orange as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pomegranate, lime):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Orangethe original
  4. Blueberryfits about as well

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