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Candied Fruit

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,514 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Candied Fruit

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Preserve the fruit in syrup, strain, and rinse in warm water to remove excess sugar.

  2. Ensure the fruit is completely dry before proceeding.

  3. Arrange the fruit in a nearly square mold with wire gratings, placing them side by side without touching.

  4. Layer the fruit types, covering each with a grating and placing a weight on top to keep them firm.

  5. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and place the mold inside.

  6. Boil enough clarified sugar to fill the mold, removing it from heat as soon as it reaches a light boil.

  7. Skim off any candy formed on the surface as it cools, then pour the sugar into the mold.

  8. Allow the mixture to candy undisturbed for 10 to 12 hours at a consistent heat.

  9. Uncork the mold to strain out excess syrup into a bowl.

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. Cinnamon + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,514 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Orange + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Angelica + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Orange + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (angelica, orange, cinnamon, almond, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Raisinfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against angelica, orange, cinnamon, almond, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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