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Peach Marmalade

A preserve made from peeled, pitted, and quartered peaches boiled with water and sugar until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Peach Marmalade

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Peel, pit, and quarter the peaches.

  2. Place the peaches in a preserving kettle with a little water and boil until tender, stirring constantly.

  3. Add ¾ to 1 pound of sugar and boil until thick and smooth.

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. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,308 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Extra ripe peaches
Provide the fruit, pectin-bearing flesh and flavor that form the marmalade's body.
Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, as it boils down, helps thicken the mixture to a spreadable set.

The step that matters

Boil with constant stirring until thick. Peach mixtures can scorch on the bottom of the kettle before they thicken, and sugar added to boiling fruit concentrates as water evaporates. Constant stirring spreads the heat evenly and prevents burning while the sugar cooks into a smooth, thick spread.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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