Why it works: Syrup and red currant work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 76 recipes. The science ↓
No. 767— Red Currant Water Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Press two-thirds of red currants and one-third of raspberries to extract 1½ pint of juice.
Mix the currant juice and syrup in a basin.
Use a saccharometer to check the sugar content.
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 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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Syrup + red curranttop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together76 recipes
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