Why it works: Tamarind and apple work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 86 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
Pour boiling water over cranberries, tamarinds, or jellies.
Alternatively, pour boiling water over sliced tart apples.
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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Tamarind + appletop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together86 recipes
Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).
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