Why it works: Sugar and cider are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,308 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Hard Cider Panada
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the toast into small squares and place them in a bowl.
Dissolve the sugar in the ice-cold water.
Add the hard cider to the sugar water and pour it over the toast.
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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Sugar + cidertop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,308 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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What each ingredient does
- Browned toast
- Provides the bread structure that soaks up the liquid.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness to balance the cider.
- Hard cider
- Adds apple flavour and a light tang.
“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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