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Apricots

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Apricot and syrup work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 451 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Apricots

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Gather apricots before their stones harden.

  2. Soak them in a pan of cold spring water with plenty of vine leaves.

  3. Heat over a slow fire until they turn yellow.

  4. Remove and rub with a flannel and salt to remove lint.

  5. Return them to the pan with the same water and leaves, cover tightly, and keep at a distance from the fire until they turn light green.

  6. Pick out any bad or broken apricots.

  7. Boil the best apricots gently in thin syrup two or three times, allowing them to cool completely between boils.

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. Apricot + syruptop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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