Why it works: Currant and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,256 recipes. The science ↓
Raspberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jam
Put the raspberries in a pot, adding currant juice if desired.
Boil for 30 minutes, mashing and stirring well.
Add the sugar and cook for an additional 20 minutes.
Jar and seal
Pour the jam into sterilized jars and seal while hot.
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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Currant + sugartop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together12,256 recipes
Currant and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,256 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
- Raspberries
- Provide the fruit, flavour and pectin-containing pulp that the jam sets from.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, with boiling, helps it thicken and keep.
- Currant juice
- Adds extra fruit acidity and natural pectin to help the jam set.
The step that matters
Boiling with the sugar. Sugar must dissolve fully and the mixture must reach a rolling boil so the pectin and acid can set the jam. Undercooked jam may stay runny and spoil sooner.
“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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