Why it works: Raisin and sherry work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 386 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓
Prune, or Raisin Water
Ingredients
Directions
Make the prune water
Boil the prunes or raisins in 3 pints of water for 30 minutes.
Strain the mixture and let it cool.
Finish and serve
Sweeten and flavor to your taste.
Optionally, add a little sherry wine or brandy.
The leftover fruit can be eaten as is or warmed in syrup.
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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Raisin + sherrytop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together386 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Prunes or raisins
- Simmering releases their sugars and fruity flavor into the water, giving the drink its taste and color.
“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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