Why it works: Raisin and anise work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 26 recipes. Both carry alpha-terpineol, which smells lilac, floral. The science ↓
Infant's Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Split the raisins.
Pound the anise seed.
Cut the liquorice into fine pieces.
Combine all ingredients in a pot with rain water.
Boil down the mixture until it reduces to 2 quarts.
Feed the syrup to the child 3 to 4 times a day, as much as they will willingly drink.
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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Raisin + anisetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together26 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).
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