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Blackberry Griddle Cakes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 98,233 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Blackberry Griddle Cakes

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Make a dough that is not as rich as pie dough.

  2. Roll out the dough into a large sheet.

  3. Cover one half thickly with blackberries.

  4. Fold the other half of the dough over the blackberries and press the edges tightly.

  5. Bake on a griddle over the grate or in the oven at 400°F (200°C) until done.

  6. Remove from heat, turn back the top crust, and spread the berries over the whole sheet.

  7. Sprinkle with sugar and bits of butter.

  8. Cut into squares and serve on separate plates.

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. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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