Why it works: Mint and almond work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 210 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
Mint Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the jelly as you would for lemon jelly.
Add 1 teaspoon of Royce's Extract of mint.
If desired, add blanched almonds or pecan nuts when the jelly has partially set.
Pour the mixture into a mold and allow it to fully set.
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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Mint + almondtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together210 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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What each ingredient does
- Mint extract
- Gives the jelly its characteristic mint aroma and flavor.
The step that matters
Add the nuts when the jelly has partially set. Nuts added to liquid jelly would sink to the bottom, while adding them once partially set suspends them evenly throughout the jelly.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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