Why it works: Lemon and spirit work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 256 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Bottlers Terpeneless Lemon Extract
yields one gallonIngredients
Directions
Combine the terpeneless lemon oil and cologne spirits in a large container.
Add the water and mix well.
This mixture yields one gallon of clear lemon extract.
Use 1 ounce of this extract for every 5 gallons of syrup.
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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Lemon + spirittop 26% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together256 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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What each ingredient does
- Terpeneless lemon oil
- Provides the lemon flavor and aroma that define the extract.
- Cologne spirits
- Dissolves the lemon oil so it disperses evenly into the water.
- Water
- Dilutes the oil and spirit mixture to the full one-gallon volume.
The step that matters
Add the water and mix well. Lemon oil does not dissolve in water, so the spirit must already hold it in solution. Mixing thoroughly keeps the oil dispersed and the extract clear rather than separating or clouding.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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