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CUCUMBER: GIN LOVER

May 13, 2021

Did you know that the dominant flavour compound in cucumber is the same as that found in Hendrick’s British gin? You need to have tried a Hendrick’s cucumber martini to understand how beautiful and compelling this synergy is, as it is with tequila.

Complementary Ingredients

  • Asparagus
  • Carrot
  • Lemon grass
  • Rose water
  • Ginger
  • Lettuce
  • Mint
  • Mustard
  • Parsnip
  • Pepper
  • Rosemary
  • Salmon

Wine & Complementary Drinks

  • Malvasia
  • Wheat beer
  • Muscat
  • Gin Hendrick’s
  • Téquila

More to discover in the book Taste Buds and Molecules.

.RECIPES

Discover the aromatic recipes on the website: www.recettesaromatiques.com by Francois Chartier.