It is impossible to know what could be used to make Wasteland Puree unless you happen to have one of the 4 alcohols AND scrolling down the survival menu at the same time. I propose to add a place holder (see below) that will let new players to at least know about this DC essentials.
Place holder:
1) Create a phantom item and call it something like "Any Strong Alcohol".
2) Create a puree recipe that uses "Any Strong Alcohol" and the rest of the ingredients, which it will vanish if player have any one of the available alcohols.
It might be beneficial to add some hints (say, a corpse with a note outside Vault 101) to hint about this item.