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V&P Recipe

Pineau des Charentes is cognac that's been blended with the juice of just-pressed grapes within hours of leaving the press. Both a red and a white variety are...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Currant and red currant share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 57 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓

V&P Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

74Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Brandynot in our table0
Red Currantnot 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. Currant + red curranttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  2. Brandy + curranttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Lemon + red curranttop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together309 recipes

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

  4. Brandy + red curranttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together105 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Lemon + curranttop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,270 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Raspberryfits better
  2. Blackberryfits better
  3. Apricotfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against brandy, currant, red currant. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.