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
Steep the berries
Place 2 quarts of raspberries in a stone jar.
Pour 1 quart of vinegar over the berries.
After 24 hours, strain the mixture.
Pour the syrup over 2 fresh quarts of raspberries.
Let the mixture stand for another 24 hours.
Make the syrup
Add 1 pound of sugar for every pint of juice.
Boil the mixture.
Bottle
Cork and seal tightly.
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 flavor and aroma, and color the liquid.
- Vinegar
- Adds sharp acidity and extracts flavor from the berries.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture. Boiling with the sugar dissolves it fully into the juice, so the syrup is evenly sweetened before it is sealed.
“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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