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Orange Marmalade

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Orange Marmalade

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the oranges and lemons thoroughly.

  2. Slice the oranges and lemons, removing any seeds.

  3. If a bitter marmalade is desired, soak the orange seeds overnight in water.

  4. Combine the sliced fruit and the water from the soaked seeds in a pot.

  5. Cook the mixture over medium heat until it thickens, stirring occasionally.

  6. Pour the marmalade into sterilized jars and seal.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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