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Substitutions · 3 dishes here use it
Scotch sweetened with honey and herbs, so it is both the spirit and the sugar in whatever it lands in. Two ingredients is genuinely enough with it.
Everything below is judged against that job. A swap that covers it is a swap; one that only looks similar is not.
Functional substitution system
For drambuie, the page's working definition is: Scotch sweetened with honey and herbs, so it is both the spirit and the sugar in whatever it lands in. Two ingredients is genuinely enough with it. The swap cards below are judged against that job rather than visual resemblance.
Job → candidate → side effects → small test → correct.
1 · Job
What is the missing ingredient doing?
2 · Candidate
Choose the shelf item that replaces that function.
3 · Side effects
Check water, fat, salt, acid, sweetness, and texture.
4 · Small test
Change a spoonful or small portion first when possible.
5 · Correct
Taste again and move only the axis that is still wrong.
Instead · 1
three quarters ounce scotch and a quarter ounce honey syrup per ounce
Instead · 2
one for one
Instead · 3
three quarters ounce, a quarter ounce
These need it and are short enough that nothing hides: 4 required ingredients or fewer. Make the swap a decision rather than a repair.
The company drambuie keeps in this library, counted off required ingredients. A swap that argues with the top two is the wrong swap, whatever a chart says.