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Pink Lady Recipe

Grenadine adds the pink to a Pink Lady, and gin does the rest. The Pink Lady was another Prohibition drink created more out of necessity than from a dedication...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Pink Lady Recipe

Why it works: Egg and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Pink Lady Recipe

1 drink

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

129Calories
7 gProtein
11 gFat
1 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
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. Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Gin + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Gin + eggtop 39% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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