Why it works: Bartlett pear and syrup work together. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10 recipes. The science ↓
Preserved Bartlett Pears
Ingredients
Directions
Peel the pears carefully, keeping their shape.
Split the pears in half and remove the cores and seeds.
Fill ten jars with the prepared pears.
Pour the syrup over the pears until fully covered.
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 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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Bartlett pear + syruptop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together10 recipes
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