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Stewed Pears

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Pear and syrup work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 254 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Stewed Pears

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Simmer the pears gently for 3 to 4 hours, ensuring they do not break.

  2. Carefully lift the pears onto a glass dish without breaking them.

  3. Boil the syrup quickly for 2 to 3 minutes.

  4. Allow the syrup to cool slightly, then pour it over the pears.

  5. Let the pears cool completely before serving.

  6. Add a few drops of prepared cochineal to enhance the color, if desired.

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. Pear + syruptop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together254 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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