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Brandy Scaffa

A cocktail combining raspberry syrup, Maraschino liqueur, green Chartreuse, and brandy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Raspberry and brandy work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 235 recipes. Both carry (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol, which smells freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes. The science ↓

Brandy Scaffa

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a sherry glass, combine the raspberry syrup, Maraschino liqueur, and green Chartreuse.

  2. Top off the mixture with brandy.

  3. Serve like a Pousse Cafe.

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. Raspberry + brandytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together235 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  2. Raspberry + syruptop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together377 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Syrup + brandytop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes

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

What each ingredient does

Raspberry syrup
Adds sweetness and fruity flavor to the layered drink.
Maraschino liqueur
Contributes sweetness and a cherry-almond aroma to the drink.
Green chartreuse
Provides strong herbal flavor and a bold aroma that defines the drink.
Brandy
Adds warmth and alcohol content as the floating top layer.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (syrup, brandy):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Pearfits about as well
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against syrup, brandy. 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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