Why it works: Sherry and almond work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 517 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Prunes in Sherry
Ingredients
Directions
Soak large prunes in sherry overnight.
Remove the pit from each prune before serving.
Place a blanched almond on top of each prune.
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 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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Sherry + almondtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together517 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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