Name: Cinnamon and Cranberry Bourbon Spritzers
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 ounces, fluid FOR THE SPRITZERS:; 3 ounces, fluid Bourbon; 3 ounces, fluid Ginger Ale; 1 dash Ginger Ale With Cranberry; 1 dash Cranberry Juice, As Desired; 1 Tablespoon Orange Juice, As Desired; 2 cups Cinnamon Simple Syrup (recipe Below); 6 Ice, To Fill Cocktail Shaker And For Serving, If Desired; 2 cups Cranberries For Garnish

Why it works: Ginger and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Cinnamon and Cranberry Bourbon Spritzers

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

6 ounces, fluid FOR THE SPRITZERS:
3 ounces, fluid Bourbon
3 ounces, fluid Ginger Ale
1 dash Ginger Ale With Cranberry
1 dash Cranberry Juice, As Desired
1 Tablespoon Orange Juice, As Desired
2 cups Cinnamon Simple Syrup (recipe Below)
6 Ice, To Fill Cocktail Shaker And For Serving, If Desired
2 cups Cranberries For Garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

116Calories

2 gProtein

0 gFat

30 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Cranberry	1 cup raw (100g)	46
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Syrup	not in our table	0
Cocktail	not in our table	0

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.

Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,380 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Cranberry + orangetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together230 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Cranberry + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together116 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,437 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Ginger + orangetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,833 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, orange, cinnamon, syrup):

Cranberrythe original
Lemonfits about as well
Limefits about as well
Vanillafits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, orange, cinnamon, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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