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Neopolitan Recipe

This lovely variation comes from my alma mater, Boston Bartenders School of America.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Neopolitan Recipe

Why it works: Lime and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Neopolitan Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

69Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vodkanot 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. Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 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. Blackberry + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together291 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Blackberry + cranberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

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

  5. Cranberry + lemontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the blackberry

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

  1. Orangefits better
  2. Blueberryfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Blackberrythe original

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