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Tincture of Allspice

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Brandy and allspice work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 931 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Tincture of Allspice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Steep allspice in a quart of brandy.

  2. Shake occasionally for two weeks.

  3. After two weeks, pour off the clear liquor.

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. Brandy + allspicetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together931 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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