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Canned Peaches, No. 2

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 2,308 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Canned Peaches, No. 2

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pare and stone enough peaches for two jars.

  2. Rinse the peaches in cold water.

  3. Cook the peaches in a rich syrup of sugar and water for 15 to 20 minutes until clear.

  4. Place the peaches in jars and fill with hot syrup, about as thick as ordinary molasses.

  5. Seal the jars.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,308 recipes

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

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

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