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Preserves, Peaches

A preserve made by cooking peaches with sugar and water until thickened.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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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 cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Preserves, Peaches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peaches

  1. Wash and peel the peaches.

  2. Slice the peaches and remove the pits.

Make the syrup and cook

  1. In a pot, combine equal parts sugar and water to create a syrup.

  2. Add the sliced peaches to the syrup and bring to a boil.

  3. Simmer until the peaches are tender and the syrup thickens.

Jar and seal

  1. Pour into sterilized jars and seal.

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. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked 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

What each ingredient does

Peaches
Form the fruit base and provide the main flavor and texture of the preserve.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and, as it concentrates in the syrup, helps the preserve thicken and keep.

The step that matters

Simmering until the syrup thickens. Simmering evaporates water and concentrates the sugar, so the syrup thickens as it cools and the preserve sets. Stopping too early leaves it runny, while cooking too long can make it stiff or darken.

“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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