Name: Raspberry Royal
Ingredients: 3 quarts raspberry vinegar; 1 pint fine brandy

Why it works: Raspberry and brandy work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 235 recipes. Both carry (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol, which smells freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes. The science ↓

Raspberry Royal

Ingredients

3 quarts raspberry vinegar
1 pint fine brandy

Directions

Combine raspberry vinegar and fine brandy in a large container. Mix well before bottling.

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.

Raspberry + brandytop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together235 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).
Raspberry + vinegartop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together303 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Vinegar + brandytop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together344 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Raspberry vinegar: Provides the main raspberry flavour and a sharp acidity that defines the liqueur.
Fine brandy: Adds alcohol and body, carrying the raspberry aroma and preserving the mixture.