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Jellied Peaches

Peaches are preserved in a sugar syrup that sets into a jelly.

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 ↓

Jellied Peaches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peaches

  1. Peel the peaches.

  2. Place the peeled peaches in cold water.

  3. Crack one-fourth of the kernels.

  4. Boil the kernels in enough water to cover for 30 minutes.

Make the syrup

  1. Layer the peeled peaches in a preserving kettle with an equal amount of sugar.

  2. Heat the mixture slowly until the sugar melts.

  3. Add the water from the boiled kernels.

  4. Boil gently until the peaches are transparent.

  5. Remove the peaches with a skimmer.

  6. Place the peaches on sieves.

  7. Boil the syrup until it jellies.

  8. Skim off any scum.

Jar and seal

  1. Place the peaches in glass jars.

  2. Pour the hot syrup over the peaches.

  3. Let them cool.

  4. Seal the jars airtight.

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
Provide the fruit that becomes tender and translucent in the sugar syrup.
Sugar
Dissolves into the fruit juices and, when boiled, sets the syrup into a jelly.
Kernels
Release natural pectin into the cooking water, helping the syrup thicken and jell.

The step that matters

Boil the syrup until it jellies. Too little cooking leaves a runny syrup, while overcooking makes it stiff and sugary. The syrup sets as water evaporates and sugar concentration and pectin reach the gelling point.

“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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