Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Preserve Peaches
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Pare the peaches and place them in a steamer over boiling water, covered tightly.
Let them steam until they can be pierced with a fork.
Make the syrup and pack
Make a syrup by combining ½ pound of sugar with 1 pint of water.
Place the fruit in cans and pour the hot syrup over it.
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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Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,308 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Peaches
- Provide the fruit that forms the preserve's main body and flavor.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the preserve and helps preserve the fruit by drawing out moisture.
The step that matters
Steaming the peaches until just tender. Steaming softens the fruit enough to pierce without turning it to mush. Overcooked peaches break down and lose their shape in the syrup.
“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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