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Rowdy Red Rooster

"An alcoholic beverage good for business get-togethers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Rowdy Red Rooster

Why it works: Orange and mandarin orange share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 87 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Rowdy Red Rooster

10 (8 fluid ounce) servings
Prep5 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

170Calories
3 gProtein
0 gFat
42 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
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Mandarin Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
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 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.

  1. Orange + mandarin orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Cranberry + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together230 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Cranberry + mandarin orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Vodka + cranberrytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vodka + orangetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the mandarin orange

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Pineapplefits better
  4. Mandarin orangethe original

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