Why it works: Vodka and lime work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 225 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The recipe
10 servingsIngredients
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Put the blueberries in a clean jar or bowl and muddle them firmly with a muddler or wooden spoon until they break down into a juicy pulp.
Add the lime juice and the raspberry flavored liqueur to the blueberry mixture and stir well.
Pour in the vodka and stir to combine.
Cover the mixture and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until well chilled.
Strain the chilled mixture through a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth into a clean pitcher, pressing gently on the solids to extract the liquid.
Chill the serving glasses in the freezer for about 10 minutes before serving.
Pour the strained vodka mixture into a shaker filled with ice, shake well, and strain into the chilled glasses.
Garnish each martini with a twist of lime zest and serve cold.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Vodka + limetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together225 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Raspberry + limetop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together129 recipes
Shared aroma: sabinene (woody, terpenic).
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Vodka + raspberrytop 14% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together60 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the raspberry
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, lime):
- Lemonbetter flavor fit
- Orangebetter flavor fit
- Avocadobetter flavor fit
- 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. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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