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Blackberry Cordial

A liquid sweetener made from blackberries and allspice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Blackberry Cordial

Why it works: Blackberry and allspice work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 143 recipes. Both carry methyleugenol, which smells clove, spice. The science ↓

Blackberry Cordial

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Add 1 teaspoon of powdered allspice to each quart of blackberry cordial.

  2. Let the mixture sit for a while before using.

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. Blackberry + allspicetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Blackberry cordial
Forms the base of the drink, providing fruit flavor and sweetness.
Powdered allspice
Adds warm, aromatic spice flavor to the cordial.

“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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