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An enviable blend of orange, cherry, and Scotch.

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Why it works: Cherry brandy and orange work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cherry brandy + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Vermouth + orangetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Vermouth + cherry brandytop 36% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1 recipe

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

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

  1. Cherrybetter flavor fit
  2. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vermouth, cherry brandy. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).