Why it works: Vanilla and raisin work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 782 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Raisin Caramels
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare a batch of vanilla caramels according to your preferred recipe.
Once the caramels are removed from the heat, stir in 1 pound of seedless raisins.
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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Vanilla + raisintop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together782 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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