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The Flying Fig Recipe

This was a semifinalist in the CHOW Cocktail Square Off, a cocktail recipe contest copresented with Square One Organic Vodka and Om Organics.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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The Flying Fig Recipe

Why it works: Lemon and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,998 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The Flying Fig Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

49Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 5 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Fig1 medium (50g)37
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vodkanot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Fig + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together763 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Fig + minttop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Vodka + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Vodka + minttop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together47 recipes

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

Swap the fig

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Figthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, lemon, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.