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Simple Whipped Cream

A chilled mixture of wine, sugar, and heavy cream whipped until frothy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Simple Whipped Cream

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the wine and sugar in a bowl.

  2. Add the heavy cream and mix well.

  3. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator until very cold.

  4. Whip the mixture using a whisk or churn until frothy.

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. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Wine + creamtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Wine + sugartop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together9,581 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Heavy cream
Its fat globules trap air when whipped, forming the light, foamy structure.
Wine
Adds flavour and liquid to the cream base.
Sugar
Sweetens the cream to taste.

The step that matters

Chill the mixture until very cold. Cold cream firms its fat globules, which helps them trap air during whipping. Warm cream whips slowly and stays soft and loose.

“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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