Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Baked Peaches
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Scald the peaches and remove the down with a coarse towel.
Place the peaches in a large crock with the sugar and water.
Bake
Cover and bake at 300°F (150°C) for 4 hours.
Store
Transfer the peaches into quart jars for storage.
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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Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Cling peaches
- The main fruit, which softens gently over long, low heat while holding its shape.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and draws out juice to form a syrup around the peaches.
The step that matters
Cover and bake low and slow. Baking at a low 300°F for a long time softens the peaches gradually. Covering the crock traps steam, which keeps the fruit moist and stops the surface from drying out or browning unevenly.
“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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