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Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz with Thyme

Tart cranberry and sweet orange get fizzy with some gin and a hint of earthy thyme.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and cranberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 43 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 1
Prep2 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place one thyme sprig in a cocktail shaker and gently press it with a muddler or the back of a spoon to release its aroma.

  2. Add the gin, Cointreau or triple sec, cranberry juice and fresh orange juice to the shaker.

  3. Fill the shaker with ice, cover it, and shake hard for about 15 seconds until very cold.

  4. Strain the mixture into a chilled glass.

  5. Garnish the drink with the remaining thyme sprig and serve right away.

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

  1. Thyme + cranberrytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cranberry + orangetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together230 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Thyme + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together442 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Gin + orangetop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together158 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Gin + cranberrytop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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