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
Combine 2 quarts of raspberries and 1 quart of vinegar in a stone or china jar. Let stand 24 hours.
Strain mixture through a sieve and pour liquid over 2 quarts of fresh raspberries. Let stand 24 hours.
Make the syrup
Strain again. For each pint of juice, add 1 pound of sugar. Boil for 20 minutes.
Bottle the mixture when cold.
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 flavour and colour, and their juice forms the body of the vinegar.
- Vinegar
- Extracts the raspberry flavour and adds the sharp acidity that defines the finished drink.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the juice and balances the acidity of the vinegar.
The step that matters
Boil the juice with sugar for 20 minutes. Boiling dissolves the sugar fully and thickens the liquid into a syrup. Too little boiling leaves it thin and prone to spoiling, while too much can darken the flavour and make it overly sticky.
“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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