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The Daisy Buchanan Cocktail

The Daisy Buchanan Cocktail features fresh flavors such as cucumber and lime.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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The Daisy Buchanan Cocktail

Why it works: Cucumber and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 649 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

The Daisy Buchanan Cocktail

Serves 1
Prep3 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

27Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
7 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 7 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Syrupnot in our table0
Ginnot in our table0
Rosenot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Syrup + gintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Lime + rosetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cucumber + gintop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together23 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Gin + limetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the cucumber

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

  1. Arrowrootfits about as well
  2. Cucumberthe original
  3. Capsicumfits less well
  4. Lettucefits less well

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