Why it works: Garlic and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,208 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
Syrup of Garlic
Ingredients
Directions
Macerate the garlic with 10 ounces of the acetic acid in a glass vessel for 4 days.
Express the liquid from the mixture.
Mix the residue with the remaining acetic acid and express again until sufficient liquid is obtained.
Filter the liquid until you have 1 pint.
In a two-pint bottle, add the sugar and pour the filtered liquid over it.
Agitate until the sugar is dissolved.
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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Garlic + sugartop 33% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,208 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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