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Coffee Custard Cream

A chilled custard made with cream, milk, eggs, sugar, coffee, cherries, and nuts.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Coffee Custard Cream

Ingredients

Directions

Make the custard

  1. In a bowl, mix the cream, milk, eggs, and sugar; beat well.

  2. Heat the mixture until it thickens slightly.

  3. Remove from heat and let it cool partially.

Finish and freeze

  1. Stir in the cherries and nut meats.

  2. Add the coffee last and mix well.

  3. Freeze the mixture 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 + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  2. Coffee + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,202 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Cream + coffeetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

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

  4. Coffee + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,344 recipes

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

  5. Cream + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Thicken the custard when heated and add richness and body.
Cream
Adds fat for a rich, smooth texture after freezing.
Coffee
Provides the main coffee flavour and aroma.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and softens the texture of the frozen custard.
Milk
Adds liquid and body to the custard base.

The step that matters

Heat the mixture until it thickens slightly. Egg proteins set as they heat, thickening the custard. Overheating can scramble the eggs, leaving a grainy texture, so heat gently and stop once it coats a spoon lightly.

“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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