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Isla Cantina's LA Paloma Recipe

Traditional Mexican cocktail recipe, provided by Isla Cantina, a 21st Century Cantina in West Hollywood. www.islacantina.com

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Grapefruit 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 70 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Isla Cantina's LA Paloma Recipe

1 serving

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

112Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grapefruit1/2 fruit (123g)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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. Grapefruit + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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