Why it works: Plum and cranberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 16 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and whirl until combined.
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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.
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Plum + cranberrytop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together16 recipes
Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Plums
- Provide the main fruit flavor, natural sweetness, and body to the drink.
- Cranberry juice concentrate
- Adds tart acidity and concentrated fruit flavor that balances the sweetness of the plums.
“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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