Why it works: Blackberry and syrup work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 51 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Syrup of Blackberry Root
Ingredients
Directions
Moisten the blackberry root powder with 4 ounces of dilute alcohol.
Place the moistened powder in a glass percolator.
Pour dilute alcohol over the powder until you collect 1½ pints of tincture.
Evaporate the tincture using a water bath at 160°F until reduced to ½ pint.
Mix the hot tincture with the previously heated and strained syrup.
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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Blackberry + syruptop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together51 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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