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Canned Plums

This recipe preserves plums in syrup by boiling and canning them.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Plum and syrup work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 143 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Canned Plums

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the plums

  1. Wipe plums with a soft cloth; do not wash them.

  2. Prepare the syrup in advance.

  3. Prick each plum with a silver fork to prevent bursting.

Cook and can

  1. Place the plums into the syrup.

  2. Boil for 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the size of the fruit.

  3. Carefully dip the plums into hot jars, filling them completely.

  4. Screw on the cover immediately.

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. Plum + syruptop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Plums
Provide the fruit that softens and holds its shape while canning in syrup.
Syrup
Adds sweetness and moisture, and surrounds the fruit to preserve its flavor.

The step that matters

Prick each plum with a silver fork. Pricking lets the skin release built-up pressure as the fruit heats, which helps prevent the plums from bursting during boiling.

“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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