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Barley-Sugar Tablets

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Barley-Sugar Tablets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dissolve a little vinegar or alum in water to prevent sugar from graining.

  2. Cook sugar until it reaches the crack stage, then remove from heat.

  3. Dip the pan in cold water to prevent burning.

  4. Pour the sugar onto a marble surface rubbed with oil.

  5. Cut the sugar into small pieces and roll them out quickly.

  6. Add a drop of essence for flavor, if desired.

  7. Let the sugar cool slightly, then use a tin frame to create lines.

  8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar to prevent sticking, then package in paper.

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 + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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