Why it works: Wine and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,493 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓
Treacle Vinegar
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the treacle with the white-wine vinegar in a bowl.
Bottle the mixture for use.
For sore throats, take a teaspoonful of this vinegar pure.
For a cooling drink, mix a tablespoonful in water and consume.
For a gentle aperient, take it early in the morning before breakfast.
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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Wine + vinegartop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,493 recipes
Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
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