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The French Cosmo

A fun twist on the traditional Cosmopolitan cocktail with the addition of sweet elderflower liqueur and a touch of maraschino cherry juice.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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The French Cosmo

Why it works: Cranberry and cherry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 48 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

The French Cosmo

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

144Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
38 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vodkanot 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. Cranberry + cherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  2. Cranberry + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lime + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vodka + cranberrytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the cherry

The recipe marks cherry as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, cranberry, lime):

  1. Orangefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Blueberryfits about as well
  4. Cherrythe original

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