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Drying Cherries and Plums

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Plum and grape match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 238 recipes. Both carry damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Drying Cherries and Plums

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Arrange cherries on wicker hurdles in a low heat oven after baking bread.

  2. Turn and shift cherries to ensure even drying.

  3. Repeat drying process the next day until completely dry.

  4. For plums, ensure they are very ripe and dry them similarly, adjusting time based on size.

  5. For grapes, place them on hurdles in a low heat oven, turning them occasionally for uniform drying.

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. Plum + grapetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together238 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

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

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