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Molasses Posset

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Molasses and gin work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Molasses Posset

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, combine the molasses and powdered gin.

  2. Heat gently while stirring until well mixed.

  3. Serve warm as a remedy for a cold.

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. Molasses + gintop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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