Name: DeeDee
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz gin; 1 oz cranberry juice; 1/4 oz maraschino liqueur; 1/4 oz lemon juice; 1/4 oz lime juice

Why it works: Gin and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 10 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the ingredients and shake them.
Fill the glass with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with cranberries.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Gin + cranberrytop 16% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together10 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Lemon + limetop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,289 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cranberry + limetop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together100 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cranberry + lemontop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together210 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Gin + limetop 8% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together115 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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 dry, botanical aroma of the drink.
Cranberry juice: Adds tartness, fruity flavour and a pink colour to the drink.
Maraschino liqueur: Adds sweetness and a subtle cherry-almond aroma that rounds out the sour citrus.
Lemon juice: Adds acidity that brightens the drink and balances the sweetness.
Lime juice: Adds further acidity and a fresh citrus aroma.

Flavor stand-ins for the cranberry

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

Orangebetter flavor fit
Cranberrythe original
Raspberryabout as good a flavor fit
Cherryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against gin, lemon, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“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.