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Singapore Sling Recipe

In the early days, slings were generic drinks spiked with an alcoholic spirit and tempered by sweeteners and other ingredients. They evolved into beverages made...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Pineapple and cherry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 537 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Singapore Sling Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

180Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Ginnot 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. Pineapple + cherrytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together537 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Lime + cherrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together301 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Gin + limetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

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

  5. Gin + cherrytop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pineapple, gin, lime):

  1. Orangefits about as well
  2. Mangofits about as well
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pineapple, gin, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.