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Lemon, Essence Of, Artificial

A tincture made by mixing lemon oil with rectified spirits of wine.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Spirit and wine work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 701 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, fruity. The science ↓

Lemon, Essence Of, Artificial

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the lemon oil with the rectified spirits of wine gradually.

  2. Cork the mixture securely.

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. Spirit + winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together701 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  2. Lemon + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,157 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Lemon + spirittop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together256 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Lemon oil
Supplies the concentrated lemon aroma and flavour that defines the tincture.
Rectified spirits of wine
Dissolves the lemon oil so its aroma disperses evenly through the liquid.

The step that matters

Mix the lemon oil with the spirit gradually. Essential oils are not soluble in water but dissolve well in high-proof alcohol. Adding the oil slowly lets it disperse fully into the spirit rather than separating into droplets or clumping, giving an even, clear flavour.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (spirit, wine):

  1. Applefits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spirit, wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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