Why it works: Syrup and pear work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 254 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Syrup Simplex
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Combine 1 gallon of simple syrup with 1 ounce of essence of pear and 4 ounces of fruit acid, and stir well to mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Serve
To serve, add 2 ounces of the syrup to half a pint of soda water or ice water.
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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Syrup + peartop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together254 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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What each ingredient does
- Simple syrup
- Provides the sweetness and liquid base of the flavored syrup.
- Essence of pear
- Provides the pear flavor that defines the syrup.
- Fruit acid
- Adds tartness to balance the sweetness of the syrup.
“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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