Why it works: Sugar and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Edinboro' Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
In a bowl, combine raspberry jelly, powdered sugar, and egg whites.
Beat the mixture until it is well combined and forms a stiff paste.
Transfer the mixture to a dish and serve.
For variation, mix in currant jelly or any other jelly of your choice.
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.
Explore the science
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 + eggtop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Raspberry + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,101 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Raspberry + eggtop 25% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,778 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Egg whites
- Whip-free binding agent that gives the paste body and a light, stiff texture.
- Powdered sugar
- Adds sweetness and dissolves smoothly, helping the paste set firm and fine-textured.
- Raspberry jelly
- Provides fruit flavour, sweetness and moisture to the paste.
The step that matters
Beating until stiff. The mixture must be beaten until well combined and firm; under-beaten paste stays loose and runny, while the egg whites and powdered sugar together give it the stiff, spreadable body the dish needs.
Swap the raspberry
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Raisinfits better
- Lemonfits better
- Raspberrythe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, egg. 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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