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World's Greatest Martini

"Use a good quality gin in this adult beverage. A twist of lemon zest is an alternative to the olive garnish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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World's Greatest Martini

Why it works: Gin and vermouth share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 94 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

World's Greatest Martini

4 servings
Prep3 min

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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. Gin + vermouthtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Vermouth + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together168 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Gin + olivetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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