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Creamy Screwdriver

A cocktail made with vodka, orange juice, sugar, egg yolk, and crushed ice, blended and served in a collins glass.

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Why it works: Vodka and sugar work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 327 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Creamy Screwdriver

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients with 1/2 cup crushed ice in an electric blender.

  2. Blend at a low speed for a short length of time.

  3. Pour into a collins glass and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

189Calories
8 gProtein
6 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vodkanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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.

  1. Vodka + sugartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together327 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Orange + sugartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Vodka + orangetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Orange + eggtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Orange and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Vodka
Provides the alcohol and the clear spirit base of the drink.
Orange juice
Supplies the liquid base, sweetness, acidity and the main orange flavour.
Sugar
Adds sweetness to balance the acidity of the orange juice.
Egg yolk
Emulsifies with the juice and adds a smoother, richer body.

The step that matters

Blend at a low speed for a short time. Egg yolk emulsifies into the juice when blended briefly, giving a smooth body. Blending too long or too fast over-dilutes the drink as the ice melts and can froth it, thinning the texture and weakening the flavour.

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, sugar, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Raspberryfits about as well
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, sugar, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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