Name: Terry's Punch
Ingredients: 1 bottle champagne; 1 Cup Grand Marnier; 4 Cups orange juice (fresh is Best)

Why it works: Champagne and orange work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 260 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Terry's Punch

Ingredients

1 bottle champagne
1 Cup Grand Marnier
4 Cups orange juice (fresh is Best)

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
If it is a thirsty party, mix more as required.

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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.

Champagne + orangetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together260 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Champagne: Provides bubbles and a light, dry sparkle that lifts the punch.
Grand marnier: Adds orange-flavoured sweetness and aroma that echo the juice.
Orange juice: Supplies the main fruit flavour, sweetness and acidity, with fresh juice tasting brightest.

“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.