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Gin Southern Recipe

A citrusy drink made with gin and Southern Comfort.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,998 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Gin Southern Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

64Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
17 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
Grapefruit Juice1/2 fruit (123g)52
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Ginnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Grapefruit + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together184 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  3. Grapefruit + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

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

  4. Gin + minttop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together46 recipes

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

  5. Gin + lemontop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together306 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 grapefruit

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Orangefits about as well
  3. Grapefruitthe original
  4. Raspberryfits about as well

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