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Raspberry Drops

A confection of raspberry vinegar and icing sugar formed into drops.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Raspberry and vinegar work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 303 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Raspberry Drops

Ingredients

Directions

Make the drops

  1. In a bowl, combine the raspberry vinegar and sieved icing sugar, then mix until smooth and well combined.

  2. Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

  3. Allow to set until firm.

Store

  1. Store in an airtight container.

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 + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together303 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

  3. Raspberry + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,101 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Raspberry vinegar
Provides the raspberry flavour and a little acidity that balances the sweetness.
Icing sugar
Forms the sweet, dissolving body of the drops and sets firm as it dries.

The step that matters

Allow to set until firm. Icing sugar mixed with a small amount of liquid stays soft until it dries out. Letting the drops rest undisturbed lets moisture evaporate and the sugar recrystallise, so they hold their shape instead of spreading or staying tacky.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Pineapplefits about as well
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, sugar. 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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