Why it works: Apricot and white currant work together. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3 recipes. Both carry isoamyl acetate, which smells banana, pear. The science ↓
Apricots in White Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Place a few preserved apricots into a mold.
Fill the mold with white currant jelly.
Refrigerate until cold and firm.
Turn out the jelly onto a serving plate.
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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Apricot + white curranttop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).
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