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Vanilla

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Vanilla and brandy work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Vanilla

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the vanilla into small pieces.

  2. Cover the pieces with brandy.

  3. Allow to infuse for a few days before using.

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. Vanilla + brandytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together806 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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