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Milk of Roses

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Milk of Roses

Why it works: Almond and rose are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,465 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Milk of Roses

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Blanch the almonds and beat them with the soap and a little of the rose water.

  2. Melt together the oil of almonds, spermaceti, and white wax.

  3. Mix the melted ingredients with the almond mixture to form a cream.

  4. Strain the cream through fine muslin.

  5. Gradually add the remaining rose water and lastly the spirit with the essential oils dissolved in it.

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. Almond + rosetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,465 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lavender + spirittop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Rose + spirittop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

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

  4. Rose + lavendertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together149 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Almond + spirittop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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