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Cranberry Martinis

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Vermouth and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vermouth + cranberrytop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Vodka + vermouthtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Cranberry + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Vodka + cranberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vermouth + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

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

  1. Orangebetter flavor fit
  2. Limeabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, vermouth, cranberry. 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).