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Bloody Mary

"A simple twist on a traditional drink. Serve chilled, and garnish with celery stalks and green olives."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Bloody Mary

Why it works: Vodka and sauce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 72 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Bloody Mary

8 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

16Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Cocktailnot in our table0
Vodkanot in our table0
Saucenot 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.

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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. Vodka + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together72 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Dill + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together382 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, vodka, dill, pepper, sauce, celery):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, vodka, dill, pepper, sauce, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.