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Stewed Peaches

A dish of peaches simmered in water and sugar until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 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 ↓

Stewed Peaches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pare or wipe the peaches with a damp cloth.

  2. Cut the peaches in halves and remove the stones.

  3. Drop the peaches into cold water.

Cook

  1. Place the fruit in a saucepan and add enough boiling water to prevent burning.

  2. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar for each quart of fruit.

  3. Cook slowly for 20 to 30 minutes until tender.

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

Peaches
The fruit provides the main body, flavour and tender texture once cooked.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the natural tartness of the fruit.

The step that matters

Cook slowly until tender. Gentle heat softens the fruit evenly without breaking it down, while enough boiling water in the pan prevents scorching at the base.

“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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