Name: Wedding Belle
Ingredients: 25ml Gin; 25ml Dubonnet; 12.5ml Cherry Brandy; 12.5ml Fresh Orange juice

Why it works: Cherry brandy and orange work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 26 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Wedding Belle

Ingredients

25ml Gin
25ml Dubonnet
12.5ml Cherry Brandy
12.5ml Fresh Orange juice

Directions

Shake the ingredients and serve with ice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

149Calories

3 gProtein

0 gFat

37 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cherry Brandy	1 cup (138g)	87
Orange Juice	1 medium (131g)	62
Gin	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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

Cherry brandy + orangetop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together26 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Gin + orangetop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together158 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Gin + cherry brandytop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

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

What each ingredient does

Gin: Provides the main spirit base and the dry, botanical backbone of the drink.
Dubonnet: Adds sweetness and herbal, wine-based body that softens the gin.
Cherry brandy: Contributes cherry sweetness and aroma that rounds out the cocktail.
Fresh orange juice: Adds acidity and fresh citrus brightness that lifts the sweeter ingredients.