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Sparkling Apple Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

A little tart, a little sweet and a whole lot of bubbly for the new year!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and champagne share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 30 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 1
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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

  1. Chill a champagne flute or wine glass in the refrigerator for a few minutes so the drink stays cold.

  2. Pour the apple juice into the chilled glass first.

  3. Add the cranberry juice on top of the apple juice and stir gently to combine.

  4. Slowly pour in the chilled champagne or sparkling wine, adding it until the glass is full.

  5. Stir once very gently with a bar spoon to keep the bubbles lively, then 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. Apple + champagnetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Apple + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together169 recipes

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

  3. Cranberry + champagnetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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