Why it works: Cider and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,308 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
To Keep Cider Sweet
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Add 1 cup of white sugar to 2 gallons of fresh, sweet cider.
Boil the mixture and skim off any foam.
Bottle and store
Bottle and seal the cider.
Store in a cool place.
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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Cider + sugartop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,308 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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What each ingredient does
- Fresh sweet cider
- Forms the main liquid that is boiled, bottled and preserved.
- White sugar
- Adds sweetness and contributes to preserving the cider by binding water.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture and skim off any foam. Boiling heats the cider enough to reduce microbes that could spoil it, and skimming removes foam that can carry impurities and affect storage quality.
“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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