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Southern Peach

A cocktail made with bourbon, grenadine, orange juice, sour mix, and peach schnapps, served over ice.

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Why it works: Orange and peach match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 385 recipes. Both carry pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Southern Peach

Ingredients

Directions

Build the drink

  1. Fill a parfait or hurricane glass with ice.

  2. Pour grenadine over the ice, then add bourbon.

Blend and serve

  1. Into a blender jar, pour orange juice, sour mix, and peach schnapps, then blend well.

  2. Slowly pour the mixture into the hurricane glass.

  3. Garnish with a peach slice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

121Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Peach1 medium (150g)59

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.

  1. Orange + peachtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together385 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Bourbon
Provides the strong whiskey base and warm, oaky flavor.
Orange juice
Adds sweetness, acidity, and body to the blended mixture.
Sour mix
Adds tartness that balances the sweetness of the other ingredients.
Peach schnapps
Adds sweetness and the main peach aroma and flavor.
Grenadine
Adds sweetness and a red color as it settles beneath 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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