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Composition of the Licorice Powder

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Licorice and sugar work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 76 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Composition of the Licorice Powder

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dissolve 10 lbs of licorice in 10 pints of water.

  2. Stir in 30 to 35 lbs of powdered sugar.

  3. Let the mixture dry at the stove.

  4. Once dry, grind it into an extra fine powder.

  5. Apply two charges of cold syrup to the mixture, marking 30" and color black.

  6. For glazing, thin down 1 oz of vaseline paste in a cup.

  7. Pour in glucose in a thin stream.

  8. Charge the mixture little by little on the pills and let them turn in the revolving pan.

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. Licorice + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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