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Preserved Peaches

Peaches preserved in sugar syrup by boiling and jarning.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 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 ↓

Preserved Peaches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peaches

  1. Pour boiling water over the peaches to remove the skins.

  2. Weigh equal quantities of peaches and sugar.

  3. Combine the peaches and sugar in an earthen pan.

  4. Leave the pan overnight.

Make the syrup

  1. In the morning, pour off the syrup.

  2. Boil the syrup for a few minutes.

  3. Remove the kettle from heat.

  4. Skim off any scum.

  5. Return the kettle to the heat.

  6. When the syrup boils, add the peaches.

  7. Boil the peaches slowly for 45 minutes.

Jar and finish

  1. Remove the peaches from the kettle.

  2. Place the peaches in jars.

  3. Boil the syrup for an additional 15 minutes.

  4. Pour the syrup over the peaches in the jars.

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

Ripe peaches
Provide the fruit that softens and becomes tender during slow cooking in syrup.
Sugar
Draws moisture from the peaches and forms the syrup that preserves them and adds sweetness.

The step that matters

Boil the peaches slowly for 45 minutes. Gentle simmering keeps the peaches whole and tender while the syrup slowly penetrates the fruit. Rapid boiling can break the peaches apart and toughen the flesh.

“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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