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Crippled Creek Cocktail

A weirdly satisfying, smoky, savory cocktail made with bourbon, pomegranate molasses and mustard. Garnished with a cucumber wheel and celery seeds. The brainchild of Jason Schiffer of 320 Main Street restaurant in Seal Beach, California.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Crippled Creek Cocktail

Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Crippled Creek Cocktail

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

167Calories
3 gProtein
2 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery Seed1 stalk (40g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Syrupnot in our table0
Cocktailnot 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. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Cucumber + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,281 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Lemon + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cucumber + pomegranatetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Lemon + pomegranatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together225 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 lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, pomegranate, molasses, syrup, mustard, celery):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, pomegranate, molasses, syrup, mustard, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.