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Excellent Bitters

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Whisky and rhubarb work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, which smells clove, smoky. The science ↓

Excellent Bitters

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the whisky, gum aloes, rhubarb, senna leaves, and gum foetida in a large container.

  2. Stir well to mix all ingredients thoroughly.

  3. Let the mixture sit for a few days to allow the flavors to meld.

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.

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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. Whisky + rhubarbtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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