Why it works: Allspice and brandy work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 931 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
Tincture of Allspice
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the powdered allspice and brandy in a bottle.
Let it soak for 2 weeks, shaking the bottle every 3 days.
Strain the mixture into another bottle, discarding the sediment.
Cork the bottle tightly.
Use ½ teaspoon to flavor a pint.
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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Allspice + brandytop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together931 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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