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Boston Creme Pie Martini

"This is the smoothest, tastiest martini I know. All my friends request this one when we get together. And it's easy to remember the ingredients and measurements, even after you've had a few . . ."

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Boston Creme Pie Martini

Why it works: Vanilla and cherry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 890 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Boston Creme Pie Martini

1 martini
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

305Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Vodkanot 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. Vanilla + cherrytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together890 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Vanilla + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Vodka + creamtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chocolate + cherrytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together576 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the cherry

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

  1. Raspberryfits better
  2. Strawberryfits about as well
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Cherrythe original

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