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Fig Butter

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Fig and cream cheese work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Fig Butter

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Select nice fresh figs and grind them to a smooth consistency.

  2. Serve the fig butter with unfired wafers and cream cheese.

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. Fig + cream cheesetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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