Why it works: Sherry and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,141 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Sherry Gobbler
Ingredients
Directions
Assemble
In three tumblers, pour 1 glass of sherry and ⅓ glass of liqueur into each.
Add a lump of ice to each tumbler.
Divide the bottle of soda water among the three tumblers.
Serve
Serve with straws.
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.
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Sherry + sugartop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,141 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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What each ingredient does
- Sherry
- Forms the wine base and gives the drink its dry, nutty body.
- Liqueur
- Adds sweetness and aroma that flavour the sherry.
- Soda water
- Dilutes the drink and adds lightness through carbonation.
- Pounded sugar
- Adds sweetness to balance the sherry and liqueur.
“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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