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Yellow Peach Pickles

Pickled yellow peaches in a vinegar and spice brine.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,253 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Yellow Peach Pickles

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and peel the peaches, then pack them into jars.

  2. Combine vinegar, coriander seed, brown sugar, chillies, onions, turmeric, and salt in a pot.

  3. Bring the mixture to a boil.

Pack and seal

  1. Pour the boiling mixture over the peaches in the jars.

  2. Add orange leaves, allspice, and peppercorns to each jar.

  3. Seal the jars.

  4. Store the sealed jars in a cool, dark place.

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. Coriander + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Turmeric + allspicetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together629 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Coriander + allspicetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together393 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Orange + allspicetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together727 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Peach + orangetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together385 recipes

    Shared aroma: pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Yellow peaches
Provide the fruit that gives the pickle its main texture and flavour.
Vinegar
Acidity preserves the fruit and gives the pickle its sharp bite.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
Onions
Add body and savoury depth to the pickling liquid.
Turmeric
Gives the pickle its yellow colour and a warm, earthy flavour.

The step that matters

Pour the boiling mixture over the peaches. The liquid must be hot when poured so it softens and seasons the fruit and helps drive air out of the jars. Hot liquid and well-sealed jars together keep the pickle stable during storage.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peach, vinegar, coriander, sugar, turmeric, orange, allspice):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peach, vinegar, coriander, sugar, turmeric, orange, allspice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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