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Iceland Moss Wafers

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Sugar and anise work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 328 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓

Iceland Moss Wafers

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large pot, combine sugar, glucose, and water.

  2. Cook the mixture over medium heat until it reaches 300°F (150°C).

  3. Remove from heat and add oil of anise for flavor.

  4. If desired, add a few drops of red food coloring for a delicate pink hue.

  5. Pour the mixture into a funnel and drop it in small sizes to form wafers.

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. Sugar + anisetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together328 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

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