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Cherry Chocolate Manhattan Recipe

Nick Strangeway, award winning cocktail mixologist,shows us a new spin on a cocktail classic.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Cherry and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 576 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Cherry Chocolate Manhattan Recipe

1 person
Prep1 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories
3 gProtein
9 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Whiskeynot in our table0
Vermouthnot 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 lovefood. 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. Cherry + chocolatetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together576 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cherry + vermouthtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Vermouth + chocolatetop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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