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Rye Maple Fizz

Soda water adds fizz to this cocktail, which was created by the beverage experts at Bourbon & Branch, a noted San Francisco bar. Use a water carbonator to quickly transform tap water into soda water.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Rye Maple Fizz

Why it works: Rye and lemon work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 119 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Rye Maple Fizz

Serves 1.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

274Calories
10 gProtein
6 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rye1 slice (32g)83
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Whiskeynot in our table0
Waternot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Rye + lemontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Lemon + eggtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together44,316 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. Rye + maple syruptop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Maple syrup + eggtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,156 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Rye + eggtop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together484 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Lemon and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 44,316 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Pumpkinfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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