Why it works: Apple and biscuit work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 260 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Marmalade for the Charlotte
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the apples by peeling and coring them.
Cook the apples until soft, then mash them.
Spread the apple mixture into the crust.
Use a preserve of your choice to layer over the apples.
Arrange Savoy or sponge biscuits around the mixture.
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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Apple + biscuittop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together260 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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