Why it works: Sugar and saffron work together. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 650 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
Lemon Candy
Ingredients
Directions
Boil sugar and water until it reaches a soft ball stage.
Add a little saffron to color the mixture yellow.
Pour the mixture into oiled tins.
Allow it to cool and set before cutting into pieces.
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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Sugar + saffrontop 30% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together650 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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