Why it works: Brandy and cherry brandy share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓
Cherry Brandy
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the syrup, water, and colouring together.
Add the spirit, brandy, and finally the essences.
Allow to fine by leaving it to stand for a few days, or filter through paper.
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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Brandy + cherry brandytop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together8 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Brandy + spirittop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together209 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (sweet).
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Cherry + cherry brandytop 11% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together27 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Spirit + syruptop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together141 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Spirit + cherry brandytop 16% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together9 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Spirit
- Raises the alcohol content and helps keep the finished liquor stable.
- Brandy
- Adds the main brandy flavour and warmth to the drink.
- Syrup
- Provides sweetness and body to balance the alcohol.
- Claret
- Contributes wine flavour and depth of colour to the liquor.
- Essence of morelia cherry
- Supplies the strong cherry aroma and flavour that defines the drink.
The step that matters
Allow to fine by leaving it to stand for a few days, or filter through paper.. Standing or filtering lets suspended particles settle or be removed, so the liquor becomes clear rather than cloudy. Skipping this step leaves a hazy result.
Swap the cherry
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (brandy, spirit, syrup, cherry brandy):
- Vanillafits better
- Cherrythe original
- Apricotfits about as well
- Orangefits about as well
Fit is the average pairing score against brandy, spirit, syrup, cherry 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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