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Peach Mangoes. No. 1

A pickled preserve of peaches flavored with mustard seeds, spices, and vinegar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Peach Mangoes. No. 1

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peaches

  1. Soak peaches in strong saltwater for 12 hours.

  2. Dry peaches, cut in half, and remove stones.

Fill and pickle

  1. Mix filling: combine mustard seeds, brown sugar, turmeric, cloves, sweet oil, celery seed, onions, and red peppers.

  2. Stuff the peach halves with the filling and sew them up.

  3. Place in vinegar with brown sugar, red peppers, horseradish, and ginger root.

  4. Let sit in the vinegar mixture.

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.

Explore the science

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. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Turmeric + clovetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,876 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Turmeric + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

What each ingredient does

Peaches
Form the fruit base that absorbs the spiced filling and pickling liquid.
Mustard seed
Adds sharp, pungent flavour that mellows during pickling.
Brown sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
Vinegar
Acidifies the liquid, preserving the fruit and giving it tang.
Onions
Contribute savoury depth and aroma to the filling.

The step that matters

Soak peaches in strong saltwater. Brining firms the flesh and draws out some moisture, helping the fruit hold its shape and take up the pickling liquid without turning mushy.

Swap the peach

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, sugar, turmeric, clove, celery, onion, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Peachthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, sugar, turmeric, clove, celery, onion, pepper. 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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