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Rose Ice Cream

"This is a vintage recipe that I discovered after moving into an old farm house in rural Virginia. It was scribbled on a scrap of paper and dated '1930; Rose Ice Cream.'"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and rose are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,086 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl acetate, which smells pineapple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a large bowl, whisk the milk, white sugar and salt until the sugar and salt have fully dissolved, about 2 minutes.

  2. Stir in the light cream and heavy cream until evenly combined.

  3. Add the rose extract and pink food coloring a little at a time, tasting and adjusting until the flavor and color suit you.

  4. Cover and refrigerate the mixture until very cold, at least 2 hours.

  5. Churn the chilled mixture in an ice cream maker following the machine's instructions until it thickens like soft-serve.

  6. Transfer the ice cream to a freezer-safe container, cover, and freeze for at least 4 hours until firm enough to scoop.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream + rosetop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,086 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl acetate (pineapple, fruity).

  2. Cream + sugartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,437 recipes

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

  3. Cream + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together29,395 recipes

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

  4. Milk + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together77,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sugar + rosetop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together3,584 recipes

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

Milk and sugar share little aroma chemistry, yet 77,855 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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