Why it works: Brandy and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,939 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Febrifuge Wine
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve 26 grams of quinine in 1 pint of water.
Add 15 drops of sulfuric acid and 2 ounces of Epsom salts.
Stir in ½ cup of brandy and 2 ounces of loaf sugar until dissolved.
Color the mixture with tincture of red sanders as desired.
Take 1 wine glass three times per day.
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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Brandy + sugartop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together11,939 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Brandy and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 11,939 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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