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
Place 1 quart of ripe red raspberries in a bowl.
Pour 1 quart of strong-flavored vinegar over the raspberries and let it stand for 24 hours.
Strain the mixture through a bag.
Pour the liquid over another quart of fresh raspberries and strain again.
Repeat with a third quart of fresh raspberries.
Sweeten and bottle
Sweeten the final liquid with pounded loaf sugar to taste.
Refine and bottle the raspberry vinegar.
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).
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What each ingredient does
- Ripe red raspberries
- Provide the main raspberry flavor and aroma that the vinegar takes on during steeping.
- Strong flavored vinegar
- Extracts and carries the raspberry flavor and gives the finished drink its acidity.
- Pounded loaf sugar
- Adds sweetness to balance the sharpness of the vinegar.
The step that matters
Repeated straining over fresh raspberries. Each pass with fresh fruit builds flavor, but the liquid must be strained well so no pulp or seeds remain to cloud or spoil the vinegar.
“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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