Why it works: Bitter orange and sugar work together. They rank in the top 41% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14 recipes. The science ↓
Orange Marmalade
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the oranges and wipe them dry. Grate off any discolored parts.
Cut the rind in halves and loosen it with a spoon to remove each half intact.
Remove the core and seeds, leaving the juice and pulp.
Place the peel in a saucepan with plenty of cold water and cover tightly with a cloth.
Boil for several hours until tender enough to be easily pierced with a pin.
Drain the water and scoop out the soft part of the peel, leaving thin skins.
Cut the skins into thin strips, about half an inch long.
Clarify the sugar and boil it to a candy height.
Add the peel strips and after ten minutes, add the juice and pulp.
Boil all together until transparent. Optionally, grate some peel to enhance the color.
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 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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Bitter orange + sugartop 41% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together14 recipes
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