Why it works: Rhubarb and wine work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 89 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol, which smells allspice, anise. The science ↓
Rhubarb Water
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut rhubarb roots into small pieces.
Place them in a quart bottle.
Fill the bottle with water and set aside for three days.
Use and maintain
Take ⅓ cup of the mixture at dinner time and mix it with wine.
Refill the bottle when any is taken out and renew the rhubarb roots every two weeks.
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.
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Rhubarb + winetop 22% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together89 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).
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