Why it works: Apple and myrtle work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 16 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Apple Snow
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the apples
Put the apples in cold water and set over low heat.
When the apples are soft, drain the water, peel, and core them.
Place the peeled and cored apples in a deep dish.
Make and serve the snow
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks.
Fold the beaten egg whites into the apples until well combined.
Transfer the mixture to a dessert dish and decorate with myrtle or box.
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.
Explore the science
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.
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Apple + myrtletop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together16 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Apple + eggtop 30% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,461 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Egg + myrtletop 39% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together41 recipes
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Tart apples
- Provide the fruit base and tart flavour that balances the sweetness of the dish.
- Egg whites
- Whipped to stiff peaks, they trap air and give the dish its light, airy, snowy texture.
The step that matters
Beating the egg whites to stiff peaks. Egg whites must be whipped until they hold stiff peaks so they trap air. Under-whipped whites stay runny and the dish loses its light texture, while over-whipped whites turn dry and grainy.
Swap the apple
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, myrtle):
- Lemonfits better
- Currantfits better
- Raspberryfits better
- Applethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against egg, myrtle. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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