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Blueberry Muffin Martini

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Blueberry and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 696 recipes mention both. Both carry piperonal, which smells bitter, coconut. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 1
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Place the martini glass in the freezer for about 10 minutes to chill.

  2. Muddle the 10 fresh blueberries and the 1 tbsp blueberry in a cocktail shaker until the berries are crushed.

  3. Add the 30ml vodka, the 20ml vanilla vodka and the 1 tbsp white creme de cacao to the shaker.

  4. Add ice to the shaker, cover, and shake hard for about 15 seconds until very cold.

  5. Double strain into the chilled martini glass, garnish with a few extra fresh blueberries on a pick, and serve immediately.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Blueberry + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together696 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  2. Vodka + blueberrytop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Vodka + vanillatop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, blueberry):

  1. Limebetter flavor fit
  2. Raspberryabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Peachabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Vanillathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, blueberry. 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).