Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Peach Conserves
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the peaches
Peel the peaches and cut them into thick slices, removing the stones.
Cook the fruit
Make a syrup by boiling 3/4 pound of sugar for each pound of fruit.
Boil the peach slices in the syrup until tender.
Dry, sugar and pack
Remove the peaches and place them on dishes to dry.
As they dry, roll the peach slices in granulated sugar.
Pack the sugared peaches in jars or boxes.
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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Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Peaches
- Provide the fruit that forms the body and flavour of the preserve.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps preserve it by drawing out moisture.
The step that matters
Boiling the peach slices in the syrup until tender. Boiling too briefly leaves the fruit firm and under-penetrated by syrup, while overboiling breaks the slices down. Sugar absorbed gradually through the fruit keeps it intact and preserves it.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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