Why it works: Orange and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,245 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
Dry the flowers in the sun for two days.
Place the dried flowers in a bottle.
Pour the vinegar over the flowers.
Seal the bottle tightly.
Infuse in a warm, sunny spot for 15 days.
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 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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Orange + vinegartop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,245 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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