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Raspberry Wine Syrup

A syrup made by mixing raspberry wine, acid phosphates, gum xan, and simple syrup, then adding coloring.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Raspberry and wine work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 303 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Raspberry Wine Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, mix together the raspberry wine, acid phosphates, and gum xan.

  2. Gradually add the simple syrup until well combined.

  3. Add coloring as desired to achieve the preferred hue.

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. Raspberry + winetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together303 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Raspberry + syruptop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together377 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Wine + syruptop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together381 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Raspberry wine
Provides the main raspberry flavor and aroma in the syrup.
Acid phosphates
Adds tartness to balance the sweetness of the simple syrup.
Gum xan
Thickens the liquid and gives the syrup a smoother, more body-rich texture.
Simple syrup
Supplies sweetness and the bulk liquid of the finished syrup.

The step that matters

Adding the simple syrup gradually. Gum xanthan disperses unevenly if poured in at once and can form lumps that stay hydrated. Adding the syrup slowly while mixing helps the gum spread evenly and thicken the liquid smoothly.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, syrup):

  1. Pearfits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Vanillafits better
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wine, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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