Why it works: Rose and rosemary work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
French Rose Pomatum
Ingredients
Directions
Melt the white wax, lard, and suet together.
When the mixture is partly cold, stir in the rose water, oil of rosemary, and ottar of roses.
If desired, slightly color the pomatum with alkanet for improved appearance.
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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Rose + rosemarytop 14% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together93 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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