Why it works: Apple and angelica work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓
Compote of Apple Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare apple jelly according to your preferred recipe.
Pour the jelly into small molds and let it set until firm.
Once set, turn the jelly out onto a serving dish in a symmetrical arrangement.
Decorate with colored preserves or green angelica.
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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Apple + angelicatop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together88 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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