Why it works: Sugar and quince are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,444 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
Home Cook Book
Ingredients
Directions
Combine juice with sugar in a pot.
Boil for exactly 15 minutes.
Allow to cool; it will become solid.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Sugar + quincetop 21% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,444 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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What each ingredient does
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and, with the fruit's pectin and acid, helps the juice set into a firm gel.
- Juice from quince, cranberry, crab apples, or sour apples
- Supplies pectin and acidity, which allow the liquid to thicken and set as it cools.
The step that matters
Boil for exactly 15 minutes. Boiling concentrates the sugar and pectin in the juice. Too short a boil may not reach the concentration needed to set, while a longer boil can over-thicken or darken the jelly.
“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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