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Quince Wine

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Quince and apple work together. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Quince Wine

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the quinces well and cut them into eighths, removing the core but not peeling.

  2. Cook the quinces slowly in a granite stew-pan for two hours.

  3. Pour the mixture into a jelly bag and allow it to drain without squeezing.

  4. Reheat the juice until boiling hot, then seal it in glass jars.

  5. For improved quality, cook an equal quantity of sweet apples with the quinces.

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. Quince + appletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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