Name: Blueberry Vodka Martinis
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 liter vodka; 1 pint blueberries, rinsed and dried; 1 cup raspberry flavored liqueur; 1 lime, juiced; 1 twist lime zest, garnish

Blueberry Vodka Martinis

"These blueberry martinis are the hit of any party! Easy to make, but the key is the homemade blueberry vodka that requires 2 weeks to properly infuse. After that, it's smooth and fruity sailing with a splash of lime juice!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients

Why it works: Raspberry and lime work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 132 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Blueberry Vodka Martinis

10 servings

Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

159Calories

3 gProtein

1 gFat

40 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Blueberry	1 cup (148g)	84
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Vodka	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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.

Raspberry + limetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together132 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together225 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Vodka + raspberrytop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together60 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the raspberry

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

Lemonfits better
Avocadofits better
Orangefits better
Raspberrythe original

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

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