Why it works: Rose and allspice work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 102 recipes. Both carry methyleugenol, which smells clove, spice. The science ↓
Rose Jar Recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Mix rose leaves and coarse table salt in a jar every day for ten days, ensuring it does not mold.
After ten days, add ground allspice and mix for another ten days.
Then add musk, attar of roses, heliotrope powder, and violet extract.
Mix thoroughly for two days, and it is ready for use.
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.
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Rose + allspicetop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together102 recipes
Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).
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