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Milk of Rose and Elder

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and rose are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,465 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Milk of Rose and Elder

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Blanch the almonds and blend them into a smooth paste, adding water gradually to form a thin cream.

  2. Melt the wax, spermaceti, and almond oil together.

  3. Add the powdered soap mixed with 2 tablespoons of water to the melted mixture.

  4. Gradually stir in the remaining distilled water.

  5. Incorporate the strained almond cream, then add the spirit and perfumes.

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. Almond + rosetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,465 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Rose + jasminetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Spirit + rosetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

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

  4. Almond + spirittop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Spirit + jasminetop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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