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Champagne Punch

A chilled punch made with maraschino liqueur, eurak, cold soda, Rhine wine, champagne, brandy, Oolong tea, ice, orange and banana slices.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Champagne Punch

Why it works: Champagne and brandy work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 169 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Champagne Punch

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a punch bowl, mix maraschino liqueur, eurak, cold soda, Rhine wine, champagne, brandy, and Oolong tea with a ladle.

  2. Add a piece of ice and slices of peeled orange and banana.

  3. Serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Champagne + brandytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Orange + bananatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Wine + champagnetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Wine + brandytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,427 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Tea + orangetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together333 recipes

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

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, sparkling body to the punch.
Rhine wine
Adds mild fruity acidity and extra body to the blend.
Oolong tea
Contributes tannin and a subtle aroma that balances the sweetness.

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, champagne, brandy, tea, orange):

  1. Pineapplefits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wine, champagne, brandy, tea, 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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