Why it works: Cream and peppermint work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 632 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Peppermint Cream Lozenges
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the liquid fondant cream as previously instructed.
Add a few drops of peppermint essence to taste.
Pour the mixture in even amounts onto oiled paper or a sugared slab to form lozenges.
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 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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Cream + pepperminttop 20% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together632 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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