Why it works: Syrup and pepper work together. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 298 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Cayenne Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Color the simple syrup pink.
Add the tincture of cayenne pepper.
Mix well together.
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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Syrup + peppertop 30% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together298 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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