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Preserved apricots are apricots peeled, sugared, simmered, and sealed with syrup and brandy paper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Apricot and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,630 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

To Pbeseevb Apricots

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the apricots

  1. Choose the finest apricots.

  2. Peel them thinly and remove the pits.

  3. Weigh the apricots.

  4. Place them hollow side up on dishes.

  5. Sprinkle an equal weight of finely powdered loaf sugar over the apricots.

  6. Let the fruit sit for twelve hours.

Cook the syrup

  1. Transfer the apricots to a preserving kettle.

  2. Simmer gently until clear, skimming off any scum.

Pot and seal

  1. Remove the apricots one by one and place them in small pots or jars.

  2. Pour the syrup over the apricots and let it cool.

  3. Cover with brandy paper and seal tightly.

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. Apricot + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Apricots
The main fruit, whose flesh softens and turns translucent as it cooks in the syrup.
Loaf sugar
Draws water out of the fruit and forms a syrup that preserves it and gives sweetness.

The step that matters

Simmer gently until clear. Boiling hard can break the apricots apart and cloud the syrup. Gentle heat lets the sugar penetrate the fruit slowly so it turns clear and holds its shape.

“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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