Why it works: Cucumber and whisky work together. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5 recipes. Both carry hexyl acetate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓
Cucumber Pickles in Whiskey
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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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Cucumber + whiskytop 32% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5 recipes
Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).
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