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Bourbon Daisy

A cocktail made with bourbon, lemon juice, grenadine, and sugar, garnished with orange slice and cherry.

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Why it works: Lemon and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Bourbon Daisy

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice cubes.

  2. Strain into an old-fashioned glass over crushed ice.

  3. Garnish with the fruits and serve with a straw.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

210Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
53 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

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. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Orange + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Lemon + cherrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Lemon + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

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

  5. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

Lemon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 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

Bourbon
Provides the base spirit and the main warm, oaky aroma and flavor.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the drink and balances the sweetness.
Grenadine
Adds sweetness, a fruity flavor and the drink's red color.
Superfine sugar
Adds sweetness and dissolves quickly in a cold, shaken drink.

The step that matters

Shake with ice until well chilled. Shaking with ice chills the drink and dilutes it slightly, softening the alcohol and blending the sugar and citrus. Too short a shake leaves it harsh, warm and unevenly mixed.

Swap the cherry

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Blueberryfits about as well
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, sugar, orange. 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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