Why it works: Angelica and sugar work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 487 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
Angelica Preserved Dry
Ingredients
Directions
Remove leaves from angelica stalks and cut them into small pieces.
Combine angelica pieces with sugar in a bowl and let it sit for a day.
Drain the mixture and dry the angelica on slates or iron plates in a stove.
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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Angelica + sugartop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together487 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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