Why it works: Peppermint and spirit work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 57 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Soda Mint
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the bicarbonate soda and peppermint in a bowl.
Add the aromatic spirits of ammonia and water.
Stir until well combined.
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.
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Peppermint + spirittop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together57 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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What each ingredient does
- Peppermint
- Provides the main minty aroma and flavour of the drink.
“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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