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Glace Strawberries

Contains sodium bisulfite, handle with care.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Syrup and sugar match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Glace Strawberries

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the fresh strawberries in earthenware jars.

  2. Pour warm 19° syrup over the berries.

  3. Add 1 ounce of sodium bisulfite for every 3 gallons of syrup.

  4. If berries soften, increase syrup strength; if they harden, reduce syrup strength.

  5. If white mold appears, drain and reboil the syrup, repeating twice during the process.

  6. Keep jars in a dark place throughout the process.

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. Syrup + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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