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Clear Ginger Cosmopolitan Recipe

This recipe was created for the CHOW launch party by our friends at Public Restaurant in New York City. They were kind enough to part with the recipe.Game plan...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Clear Ginger Cosmopolitan Recipe

Why it works: Lime and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Clear Ginger Cosmopolitan Recipe

10 to 12 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

59Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

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. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Cranberry + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cranberry + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the cranberry

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Mangofits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Cranberrythe original

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