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Alterative Syrup

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Spirit and sugar work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 602 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Alterative Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine Sarsaparilla, Guaiacum shavings, Sassafras-root bark, and Elder flowers in a large pot.

  2. Add 1 gallon of cheap spirits and 1 gallon of water.

  3. Boil the mixture, then pour off the liquid.

  4. Add water repeatedly and boil until the desired strength is obtained.

  5. Strain the liquid and reduce it to 16 porter bottles.

  6. Add 30 pounds of clarified sugar and let it stand for 24 hours to settle.

  7. Pour off the syrup and bottle it for use.

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. Spirit + sugartop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together602 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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