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Lounge Lizard Recipe

A smooth, slinky combination of dark rum and amaretto.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Lounge Lizard Recipe

Why it works: Lime and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 937 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Lounge Lizard Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

105Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
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. Lime + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Rum + limetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

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

  3. Rum + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together801 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Pineapplefits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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