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Cranberry Martini

"I had this cranberry martini recipe at a holiday party and everyone loved it. The cranberry juice mixes nicely with the liquor. It's a perfect smooth drink."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Vermouth and cranberry work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

2 serving
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Put the ice into a cocktail shaker.

  2. Add the vodka, orange liqueur, dry vermouth and cranberry juice to the shaker.

  3. Cover the shaker and shake hard for about 15 seconds until the outside feels very cold.

  4. Strain the mixture evenly into two chilled martini glasses.

  5. Garnish each drink with a few cranberries, either dropped in or skewered on a pick.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Vermouth + cranberrytop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Vodka + vermouthtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Orange + cranberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together230 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Vodka + cranberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Orange + vermouthtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vodka, vermouth, cranberry):

  1. Orangethe original
  2. Limeabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against vodka, vermouth, cranberry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).