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Preserved Peaches

A method of preserving peaches in a sugar syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Peach and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,308 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Preserved Peaches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peaches

  1. Cut the peaches in halves, remove the stones, and peel them neatly.

  2. For each pound of fruit, use an equal amount of white sugar and add ½ cup of water.

  3. Stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves, then heat it over medium heat.

Cook the peaches

  1. Once boiling, add the peaches and let them boil gently until they are clear and uniform in color.

  2. Carefully turn the peaches with a skimmer several times during cooking.

  3. Once clear, remove the peaches with a spoon and spread them on flat dishes to cool.

Finish and jar

  1. Boil the syrup until it thickens, then pour it into a large pitcher to cool and settle.

  2. Once the peaches are cold, place them in jars and pour the syrup over them, leaving any sediment behind.

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. Peach + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Ripe peaches
Provide the fruit that becomes tender and translucent as it cooks in the syrup.
White sugar
Sweetens the fruit and thickens the syrup as it boils down, preserving the peaches.

The step that matters

Boiling the peaches until clear. Boiling gently keeps the peach halves intact while sugar slowly penetrates the flesh. Vigorous boiling can break the fruit apart and leave the color uneven.

“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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