Why it works: Plum and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,313 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
Stewed Plums
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the plums
Pour boiling water over the plums to remove the skin.
Halve the plums.
Remove the stones.
Make the syrup and stew
Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan.
Bring the mixture to a boil.
Add the plums to the boiling mixture and stew for 10 minutes.
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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Plum + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,313 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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What each ingredient does
- Plums
- Provide the fruit, whose juice mixes with the syrup as the plums stew.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and the stewed fruit.
“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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