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Flavored Vinegars

A vinegar infused with herbs and optional seeds, steeped for ten days.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Tarragon and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 456 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Flavored Vinegars

Ingredients

Directions

Infuse

  1. Place the herbs or seeds in a large jar.

  2. Pour the vinegar over the herbs or seeds.

  3. Seal the jar and let it sit for 10 days.

Strain and bottle

  1. Strain the mixture to remove the solids.

  2. Bottle the flavored vinegar for use.

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. Tarragon + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together456 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Tarragon + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,547 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Vinegar + celerytop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,627 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

What each ingredient does

Fresh herbs
Supply the aroma and flavor that infuse into the vinegar during steeping.
Vinegar
Acts as the solvent that draws flavor out of the herbs and adds sharpness.

Swap the celery

The recipe marks celery as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tarragon, vinegar):

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tarragon, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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