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Sucre Be Pomme

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Frances Crawford · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Coffee and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,497 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells buttery, creamy. The science ↓

Sucre Be Pomme

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Apple can also be prepared in the same man- ner, or in dear jelly, and added to the syrup ; have round tin moulds and fill them. This is called Sucre de pomme. Rouen is famous for it. The moulds must be oiled before you put in your sugar, which must be boiled to candy height.

  2. CONSERVE DE CAFE ET DE CH0C0LA.T.

  3. Make a syrup as before with a pound of sugar and a glass of water; boil it to the grande

  4. 120 FRUITS IN BRANDT*

  5. plume ; take it off the fire^ and let it get cool ; add an ounce of sifted coffee^ and stir well to- gether; when well mixed^ pour it into the mould.

  6. The conserve of chocolate is made nearly the same^ the only difference^ that half an ounce of chocolate will be enough^ grated very fine^ for a pound of sugar.

By Frances Crawford. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Coffee + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  2. Sugar + chocolatetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,404 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sugar + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together4,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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