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Almond Paste

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and bergamot work together. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 48 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Almond Paste

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pound the sweet and bitter almonds to a paste.

  2. Work in the Windsor soap until well combined.

  3. Add the spermaceti, oil of almonds, and oil of bergamot.

  4. Heat gently while stirring well.

  5. Cool the mixture in small pots.

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. Almond + bergamottop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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