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Coffee Bavaeian Ceeam

A coffee-based custard dessert made with coffee infusion, cream, eggs, gelatin, and vanilla.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and gelatin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,628 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Coffee Bavaeian Ceeam

Ingredients

Directions

Make the custard

  1. Scald the coffee infusion, water, and half of the heavy cream.

  2. Add the slightly beaten egg yolk and cook until the mixture thickens.

  3. Remove from heat, then add the soaked gelatin and salt.

Set and chill

  1. Cool the mixture, then add the dissolved saccharine, remaining whipped cream, beaten egg white, and vanilla.

  2. Pour into a mold and chill until set.

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. Cream + gelatintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,628 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Coffee + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,391 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Cream + vanillatop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together12,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Gelatin + vanillatop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together924 recipes

    Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).

  5. Coffee + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

Cream and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 12,301 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

Egg yolk
Thickens the custard as it cooks and adds richness.
Heavy cream
Adds fat and body, giving the set cream a smooth, soft texture.
Granulated gelatin
Sets the cooled mixture so it holds its shape when chilled.
Egg white
Adds lightness and airiness to the folded mixture.

The step that matters

Cook the egg yolk until the mixture thickens. Egg yolk thickens as it heats, but overheating can curdle it and leave a grainy texture. Cook gently and stop once the custard thickens.

“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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