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Orange Syrup

A syrup made from orange stock, citric acid solution, and simple syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Orange Syrup

Why it works: Orange and syrup are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,179 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Orange Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine 28 ounces of orange stock with 1 ounce of citric acid solution.

  2. Add simple syrup until the mixture reaches 1 gallon.

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. Orange + syruptop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,179 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Orange stock
Provides the main orange flavor and most of the liquid base.
Citric acid solution
Adds sourness that balances the sweetness of the syrup.
Simple syrup
Supplies sweetness and bulk, bringing the mixture up to the full gallon.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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