Why it works: Nuts and syrup work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 168 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Nut Compote
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and blanch the nuts as directed in No. 175.
Put the nuts in the syrup and let them simmer on low heat without boiling for 5 to 6 hours.
Put them back on the heat and let them simmer again.
When cold, place them in a serving dish.
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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Nuts + syruptop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together168 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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