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Satan's Whiskers Recipe

Historian and revivalist bartenders like Dale DeGroff and Gary Regan will know how to mix this cocktail, but only the most grizzled of other barkeeps will remember...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Satan's Whiskers Recipe

Why it works: Gin and vermouth share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 94 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Satan's Whiskers Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

124Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
30 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
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Ginnot in our table0
Vermouthnot 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. Gin + vermouthtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together94 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Gin + orangetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together158 recipes

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

  3. Orange + vermouthtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Orangethe original
  4. Cherryfits about as well

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