Why it works: Raisin and elderberry work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Elderberry Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Chop the raisins and soak them in warm milk for 10 days, stirring twice daily.
Strain the mixture through a fine sieve.
Mix the elderberry juice with the strained liquid and stir well.
Transfer the mixture into a cask and let it sit until fermentation is complete.
Once fermentation is done, seal the cask and bottle the wine in February.
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.
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Raisin + elderberrytop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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