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Raspberry Cordial

A raspberry liqueur made by infusing raspberries with brandy, then straining, sweetening, and diluting to taste.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Brandy and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,939 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Raspberry Cordial

Ingredients

Directions

Infuse

  1. Combine raspberries and brandy in a container and let sit for about a week.

Strain and sweeten

  1. Strain the mixture through a sieve or bag, pressing out all the liquid.

  2. Adjust the strength of the cordial with water to your taste.

  3. Add 1 pound of powdered sugar for each gallon of liquid.

  4. Let the mixture stand until refined.

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. Brandy + sugartop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together11,939 recipes

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

Brandy and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 11,939 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Ripe red raspberries
Provide the main fruit flavor and color for the cordial.
French brandy
Extracts flavor from the fruit and preserves the cordial.
Powdered loaf sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the strength of the brandy.

“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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