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Blue Angel

"A friend of mine made me one of these one day and now this is my favorite summertime or anytime drink. Cool, creamy, and refreshing."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Blue Angel

Why it works: Brandy and vanilla work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Blue Angel

1 serving
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

75Calories
1 gProtein
6 gFat
5 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Brandynot 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 allrecipes. 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. Brandy + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Vanilla + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,961 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Vanilla + creamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Brandy + creamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,635 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Brandy + lemontop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Vanilla and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (brandy, vanilla, cream):

  1. Strawberryfits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

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