Why it works: Vermouth and sugar share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 56 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the ingredients with ice.
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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.
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Vermouth + sugartop 11% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together56 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Red vermouth
- Adds sweetness and herbal depth that balances the bitterness of the Campari.
- Bitter campari
- Provides the bitter flavour that defines the drink.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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