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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Saffron and sugar work together. They rank in the top 30% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 650 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓

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Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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.

  1. Saffron + sugartop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together650 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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