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Capsicums Chatney

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Capsicum and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,160 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Capsicums Chatney

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slice the capsicums very thin and place them in a bowl of spring water.

  2. Let them steep for 1 to 2 hours.

  3. Drain the capsicums and dress them with oil, vinegar, and coarse sea salt.

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. Capsicum + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,160 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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