Why it works: Sugar and peppermint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,082 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Peppermint Lozenges
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Mix the powdered sugar and pure starch together.
Add oil of peppermint to flavor.
Shape and dry
Combine the mixture with mucilage until it reaches a dough-like consistency.
Roll out the mixture and cut into desired shapes.
Allow to dry before serving.
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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Sugar + pepperminttop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,082 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Powdered white sugar
- Provides the bulk and sweetness of the lozenges.
- Pure starch
- Adds body to the mixture so it can be rolled and cut cleanly.
- Mucilage
- Binds the sugar and starch into a dough-like mass that holds its shape.
The step that matters
Combine the mixture with mucilage until it reaches a dough-like consistency.. Adding too much mucilage makes the mass sticky and hard to cut, while too little leaves it crumbly. Adding it gradually lets you reach a workable dough that holds its shape when rolled.
“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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