Why it works: Sugar and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,683 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Take 8 pounds of green tomatoes and chop finely.
Add a quart of vinegar, 2 cups sugar, a teaspoon each of mace, cinnamon and cloves.
Boil about fifteen minutes.
Let cool and put into jars.
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.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Sugar + tomatotop 22% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together4,683 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Green tomatoes
- Forms the bulk of the pickle and softens as it cooks, taking on the syrup.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
- Vinegar (in the method)
- Adds acidity that gives the pickle its tang and helps preserve 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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