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To Preserve Green Gages

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Green Gages

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Split the green gages without peeling them.

  2. Strew part of the sugar over the split gages.

  3. Blanch the kernels with a small sharp knife.

  4. The next day, pour the syrup from the fruit into a pot.

  5. Boil the syrup gently with the remaining sugar for 6 to 8 minutes.

  6. Skim the syrup and add the plums and kernels.

  7. Simmer until clear, removing any scum that rises.

  8. Put the fruit into small pots and pour the syrup and kernels over it.

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. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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