Why it works: Red currant and syrup work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 76 recipes. The science ↓
Currants, Red
Ingredients
Directions
Stem and clean the red currants.
Place them in cans and fill with hot water or syrup.
Cap the cans, tip them, and process.
For No. 2 cans, process for 3 minutes at 240°F (115°C) and 10 minutes at 212°F (100°C).
For No. 10 cans, process for 9 minutes at 240°F (115°C) and 25 minutes at 212°F (100°C).
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 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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Red currant + syruptop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together76 recipes
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