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Iced Souffle a LA Bykof

A chilled dessert made from sugar syrup, raspberry juice, lemon, maraschino liqueur, egg yolks, chocolate drops, and whipped cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and syrup match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Iced Souffle a LA Bykof

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Mix the sugar syrup and egg yolks in a warm bowl.

  2. Strain in the raspberry juice, lemon juice, and maraschino liqueur.

  3. Whisk until well combined, then remove from hot water and whisk for 10 more minutes.

Freeze and serve

  1. Add the chocolate drops and whipped cream, and mix lightly.

  2. Fill a mold with the mixture and freeze for 2 hours.

  3. Cover the surface with ladyfingers or sponge cake that has been dried in the oven until pale brown and rolled.

  4. Serve immediately.

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. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Raspberry + lemontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  4. Chocolate + creamtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,466 recipes

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

  5. Raspberry + chocolatetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together457 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Egg yolks
Thicken the base and enrich it into a custard-like, creamy texture as they cook gently.
Whipped cream
Adds fat and air, giving the frozen soufflé a light, smooth texture.
Sugar syrup
Sweetens the mixture and keeps the frozen texture softer by limiting large ice crystals.
Raspberry juice
Provides the main fruit flavour and acidity, along with liquid for the base.
Chocolate drops
Adds flavour and richness, and sets into small pieces within the frozen mixture.

The step that matters

Whisking over hot water. The yolks must be heated gently while whisking so they thicken without scrambling. If the water is too hot or heating is uneven, the yolks can curdle, leaving a grainy base that will not freeze smoothly.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, syrup, raspberry, egg, chocolate, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, syrup, raspberry, egg, chocolate, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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