Why it works: Sugar and cream 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 ↓
Jelly, French
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jelly
Make a wine jelly according to the Madeiba Wine Jelly recipe.
Before it begins to thicken, pour in 1 pint of carefully picked and cleaned raspberries, distributing them evenly.
Set and serve
Place the mixture on ice or in a cool place to harden.
Serve with sugar and cream.
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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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Wine + creamtop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,887 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Wine + sugartop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together9,581 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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What each ingredient does
- Wine
- Forms the base of the jelly and gives it its flavour.
- Raspberries
- Add fruit flavour and visible pieces throughout the set jelly.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness to balance the wine and fruit.
- Cream
- Adds richness and fat that softens the jelly's sharpness when served.
The step that matters
Add the raspberries before the jelly thickens. If the raspberries are added after the jelly has started to set, they cannot be spread evenly and will sink or cluster instead of staying suspended through the jelly.
“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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