Name: Rose Cream Almonds
Ingredients: almonds; cream; otto of roses; syrup

Why it works: Almond and rose are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,465 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Rose Cream Almonds

Ingredients

almonds
cream
otto of roses
syrup

Directions

Roast the almonds as directed in the previous recipe.
Melt the cream in a saucepan, stirring constantly.
Color the cream a nice pink.
Flavor the cream with a few drops of otto of roses.
Pour the cream out and knead it until stiff enough to roll out.
Cover the almonds with the cream and crystallize in syrup.

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.

Almond + rosetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,465 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cream + syruptop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,964 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Almond + creamtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,130 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Almond + syruptop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together746 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + rosetop 30% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,086 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).