Why it works: Apple and syrup work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 742 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Apple Compote
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the apples in half and peel them.
Remove the cores and place the apples in cold water.
Take the apples out and put them into a thin syrup.
Boil the apples until they are soft.
Transfer the apples to a serving dish and strain the syrup through a silk sieve.
Add the strained syrup to the apples.
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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Apple + syruptop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together742 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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