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Molasses Posset

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Molasses and white pepper work together. They rank in the top 43% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22 recipes. The science ↓

Molasses Posset

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, combine the molasses and powdered white pepper.

  2. Add boiling water and stir until well mixed.

  3. Serve warm to help relieve cold symptoms.

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. Molasses + white peppertop 43% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together22 recipes

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

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