Why it works: Vinegar and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Raspberry Vinegar
Ingredients
Directions
Infuse the raspberries
Pour 1 quart of vinegar over 4 quarts of ripe raspberries.
Let it sit for 24 hours.
Strain the mixture through cheesecloth.
Pour the liquid over another 4 quarts of fresh raspberries.
Let it sit for another 24 hours.
Strain out the juice again.
Make the syrup and bottle
For every 2 cups of juice, add 2 cups of sugar.
Boil the mixture for 20 minutes.
Pour into bottles and cork when cool.
To use, dilute with 3 parts water.
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.
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Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,806 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Raspberries
- Provide the main fruit flavour and colour that the vinegar extracts over two rounds of soaking.
- Vinegar
- Extracts and carries the raspberry flavour and adds the tart acidity that balances the sweetness.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the concentrate and, once boiled, helps it keep as a syrup.
The step that matters
Boiling the juice with sugar. Boiling for the full 20 minutes dissolves the sugar completely and reduces the mixture slightly, which helps the syrup keep well in bottles. Stopping early can leave the concentrate less stable.
“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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