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Raspberry Fritters

A batter of milk, egg, flour, and raspberries fried in lard and dusted with powdered sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Raspberry Fritters

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. In a bowl, combine the milk, egg, and salt.

  2. Gradually add flour until the mixture can drop from a spoon.

  3. Gently fold in the raspberries and granulated sugar.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat lard in a pan over medium‑high heat.

  2. Drop spoonfuls of the batter into the hot lard and fry until golden brown.

  3. Remove from the lard and dust with powdered sugar before serving.

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.

Explore the science

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. Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

  5. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

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

Milk and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 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

Flour
Provides structure so the batter holds its shape when dropped into the fat.
Egg
Binds the batter and adds structure as it sets during frying.
Raspberries
Add fruity flavour and moisture to the batter.
Granulated sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the fritters brown in the hot fat.

The step that matters

Frying in hot lard. If the lard is not hot enough, the batter absorbs fat and turns greasy instead of crisping. If it is too hot, the outside browns before the centre cooks through. Steady medium-high heat gives a golden crust with a cooked interior.

“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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