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Blended Comfort

A peach-based cocktail made with Southern Comfort, bourbon, vermouth, orange juice, lemon juice, and a peach slice.

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Why it works: Orange and lemon 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 ↓

Blended Comfort

Time10-15 seconds

Ingredients

Directions

Blend

  1. Skin a peach quarter and add to a blender.

  2. Add Southern Comfort, bourbon, vermouth and juices.

  3. Blend on low for 10-15 seconds.

Serve

  1. Strain into a collins glass filled with crushed ice.

  2. Garnish with a slice of both peach and orange, and serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

166Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Peach1 medium (150g)59
Bourbon Whiskey1/2 oz (15ml)33
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vermouthnot 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.

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 + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  2. Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together385 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Peach + lemontop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together947 recipes

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

  4. Vermouth + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Vermouth + orangetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Southern comfort peach liqueur
Adds sweetness and peach flavour that carries the drink.
Bourbon whiskey
Provides the spirit base and warm oaky backbone of the drink.
Dry vermouth
Adds herbal dryness that balances the sweetness of the liqueur.
Orange juice
Adds acidity and citrus brightness to balance the sweet liqueur.
Peach
Contributes fresh peach flavour and body when blended.

Swap the peach

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Blackberryfits about as well
  4. Peachthe original

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