Why it works: Bitter orange and cider work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and 1 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Combine powdered gentian, bitter orange peel, and filings of iron in a container.
Add cider and mix well.
Keep the mixture warm for 3 days.
Take ⅓ cup every morning.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Bitter orange + cidertop 25% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together1 recipe
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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