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Apple and Tomato Sauce

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and apple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 548 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Apple and Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scald and peel the tomatoes.

  2. Boil the tomatoes for 15 to 20 minutes.

  3. Add an equal quantity of sliced apples.

  4. Cook until the apples are soft.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Tomato + appletop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together548 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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