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Coconut Pomegranate Martini

This martini is perfect for the holidays. It’s very festive, since it has pomegranate and cranberry juice in it. It is light, not too sweet and very refreshing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Pomegranate and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 14 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep2 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with the ice.

  2. Squeeze the juice from the lime into the shaker, then add the vodka, pomegranate juice, coconut water and cranberry juice.

  3. Secure the lid and shake hard for about 15 seconds until the shaker is very cold.

  4. Strain the martini evenly into two chilled martini glasses 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. Pomegranate + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  2. Pomegranate + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together936 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Pomegranate + cranberrytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Cranberry + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, pomegranate, coconut, lime):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Mangobetter flavor fit
  3. Orangeabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Cranberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, pomegranate, coconut, lime. 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).