Why it works: Sugar and port wine work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 805 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Strengthening Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the isinglass, gum arabic, and sugar candy in the port wine.
Add the boiling water and stir well.
Place the mixture in a vessel and set it in boiling water until the sugar candy is completely melted.
Pour the mixture into a cold, damp mold.
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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Sugar + port winetop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together805 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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