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Cucumber Basil Gimlet

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Basil and gin work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

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  • Pinch My Salt

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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.

  1. Basil + gintop 22% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  2. Basil + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Syrup + sugartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,841 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Syrup + gintop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (basil, syrup, sugar, cucumber, gin):

  1. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  2. Limethe original
  3. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against basil, syrup, sugar, cucumber, gin. 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).