Name: Peach-Infused Moonshine
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 750-ml bottle vodka; 2 15-ounce cans peaches in heavy syrup; 1 dried peaches, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Why it works: Vodka and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 135 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Peach-Infused Moonshine

12 servings

Ingredients

1 750-ml bottle vodka
2 15-ounce cans peaches in heavy syrup
1 dried peaches, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Directions

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By bonappetit. 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.

Vodka + syruptop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together135 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Peach + syruptop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together210 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Vodka + peachtop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together47 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the peach

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

Limefits better
Vanillafits better
Lemonfits better
Peachthe original

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

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