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Candied Angelica

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Angelica and syrup work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 111 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Candied Angelica

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the angelica in water for 15 minutes.

  2. Remove and dry the angelica.

  3. Boil the dried angelica in thick syrup.

  4. Drain and dry the candied angelica.

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. Angelica + syruptop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together111 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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