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Marshmallow Figlets

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Fig and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,241 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Marshmallow Figlets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Grind the figs until fine.

  2. Tear the marshmallows apart and mash them.

  3. Knead the marshmallows into the ground figs.

  4. Add powdered sugar to the mixture.

  5. Form the mixture into marble-sized balls.

  6. Press each ball flat with your forefinger.

  7. Roll the flattened balls in powdered sugar.

  8. Arrange them nicely in a glass dish for display.

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. Fig + sugartop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,241 recipes

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

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