Why it works: Syrup and walnut work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 350 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Walnut Squares
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the mixture into squares about ¾ inch by 1 inch.
Crystallize the squares in syrup cooked to 34 degrees.
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 + walnuttop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together350 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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