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Plum, Raspberry Sangria Recipe

Sangria is a refreshing summer drink. However, it takes days to prepare it the right way and it is not necessarily a beer drinker's choice. Hence, my recipe for...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Vodka and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 135 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Plum, Raspberry Sangria Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

148Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Raspberry1 cup (123g)64
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vodkanot in our table0
Syrupnot in our table0
Wheatnot 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. Vodka + syruptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together135 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Plum + raspberrytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Plum + limetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Raspberry + limetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together132 recipes

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

  5. Lime + wheattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 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 plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, raspberry, syrup, lime, wheat, beer):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, raspberry, syrup, lime, wheat, beer. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.