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Gin Cocktail for Bottling

A gin-based cocktail with water, gum syrup, orange peel, gentian, cardamom, lemon peel, and colorants.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cardamom and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 405 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Gin Cocktail for Bottling

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine gin, water, gum syrup, tincture of orange peel, tincture of gentian, tincture of cardamoms, and tincture of lemon peel in a large container, then mix thoroughly until well combined.

  2. Add Solferino and caramel in equal parts to achieve the desired color.

  3. Bottle the mixture for later use.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Cardamom + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

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

  2. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Orange + cardamomtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Gin + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together127 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Syrup + cardamomtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Gin
Forms the alcoholic base that carries the flavours of the tinctures.
Tincture of gentian
Adds a bitter note that gives the drink its character.
Gum syrup
Adds sweetness and a smoother, rounder mouthfeel.
Tincture of orange peel
Contributes citrus aroma and a touch of sweetness.

Swap the cardamom

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

  1. Cardamomthe original
  2. Gingerfits about as well
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Peppermintfits less well

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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