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Cherries in Brandt

Preserved cherries soaked in brandy and syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Brandy and orange are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,706 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Cherries in Brandt

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Cut the stalks off the Morello cherries, leaving half an inch of stem.

  2. Drop each cherry into a glass jar along with Brandy Oranges.

Add the liquor

  1. Mix equal parts of cold 28 degrees syrup and brandy.

  2. Pour the mixture over the cherries in the jars.

Seal and store

  1. Cork the jars tightly and cover with bladder.

  2. Store the jars in a cool place.

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.

Explore the science

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. Brandy + orangetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,706 recipes

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

  2. Brandy + syruptop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes
  3. Orange + syruptop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,179 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Morello cherries
The main fruit, providing tart flavour and deep colour.
Brandy
Alcohol that preserves the fruit and adds warmth to the liquid.
28 degrees syrup
Adds sweetness and body to the liquid surrounding the cherries.

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (brandy, syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Apricotfits better
  3. Pearfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against brandy, syrup. 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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