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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Raisin and almond are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,781 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

Home-made Wines

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil sugar with soft water for 45 minutes, skimming well.

  2. Pour hot syrup over sliced beetroots in a tub and stir.

  3. When lukewarm, add yeast and cover; let sit for 3 days.

  4. Strain the mixture and filter it into a cask, filling to the bung.

  5. Allow fermentation to complete, then add sugar-candy and brandy.

  6. Seal the cask and let it sit for 1 month; then rack it off.

  7. Filter the lees and return the liquid to the cask with isinglass and almonds.

  8. Secure the bung and let the wine age for 18 months.

  9. Bottle the wine, seal the corks, and store for an additional year.

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. Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  2. Orange + almondtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Raisin + brandytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Orange + raisintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,684 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Raisin + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raisin, sugar, brandy, almond):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Apricotfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against raisin, sugar, brandy, almond. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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