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Pickled Mangoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Horseradish and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,832 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Pickled Mangoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the mangoes and rub them until smooth.

  2. Cut a piece out of the side of each mango and remove all the seeds.

  3. Replace the piece and tie it closely with thread.

  4. Make a brine with salt and water strong enough to float an egg.

  5. Submerge the mangoes in the brine and cover with a weight to keep them under the liquid.

  6. Let them sit for 9 to 10 days, then wash them in clear water.

  7. Line the bottom of a kettle with leaves, place the mangoes inside, and cover with water.

  8. Add a layer of cabbage leaves on top and heat over a slow fire, keeping them scalding hot without simmering.

  9. Once they turn a fine green, remove and wipe them dry.

  10. Mix together horseradish, mustard seed, cloves, allspice, coriander seed, and garlic.

  11. Fill the mangoes with this mixture, re-tie the piece, and place them in jars cut side up.

  12. Pour enough vinegar over the mangoes to cover them, adding a little sugar if desired.

  13. Seal the jars tightly and wait until the mangoes become soft before using.

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. Horseradish + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,832 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Clove + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,874 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Mustard + allspicetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,928 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  4. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Allspice + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together393 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (horseradish, mustard, clove, allspice, coriander, garlic, sugar):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against horseradish, mustard, clove, allspice, coriander, garlic, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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