Why it works: Allspice and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,874 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓
Fish Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
One quarter of a pound of fresh butter, one tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley, a litde salt and pepper and the juice of two lemons. Cream the butter ; mix all well together, adding at the least a teaspoon- ful of mayonnaise. Less lemon juice may be used if preferred.
TOMATO SAUCE Nine ripe tomatoes, peeled and cut small, a red pepper chopped fine, one teacup of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls brown sugar, one table- spoonful of salt, one teaspoonf ul ginger, one of cloves, one of allspice ; put vinegar in last ; stew one hour.
PEPPER SAUCE. Four dozen green peppers, five onions, one handful of garlic, three tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish, two quarts best cider vinegar, one quart of water. Put the whole into a kettle on the fire and boil until soft enough to mash in a sieve with a spoon, then add two tablespoon- fuls of black pepper, one tablespoonful each of allspice powdered, mace pulverized, one-half tablespoonful of cloves pulverized and one table- spoonful of salt. Place the mixture on the fire and let boil ten minutes. Pass all the spices through a sieve before adding to the peppers.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 14 of 18 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Horseradish | not in our table | 0 |
| Cider | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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. See the original page.
Explore the science
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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Allspice + clovetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together7,874 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Parsley + allspicetop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,289 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together9,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Horseradish + allspicetop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together654 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Garlic + horseradishtop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together719 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the garlic
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parsley, sugar, horseradish, cider, vinegar, allspice, clove):
- Cinnamonfits better
- Thymefits better
- Nutmegfits better
- Garlicthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against parsley, sugar, horseradish, cider, vinegar, allspice, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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