Why it works: Brandy and rum are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,058 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Frozen Puddings
Ingredients
Directions
Add plenty of preserved and candied fruits to plain ice cream or rich frozen custard.
Flavor the mixture with wine, brandy, maraschino, or Jamaica rum.
Freeze the mixture as ice cream or pack it in ice and salt until frozen.
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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Brandy + rumtop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,058 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Wine + brandytop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,427 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
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Wine + rumtop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together230 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).
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Cream + brandytop 16% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,635 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
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Cream + rumtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together842 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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