Why it works: Sugar and raspberry are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,101 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Raspberry or Blackberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Stew the fruit until soft.
Strain the fruit through a sieve to extract the juice.
Make the jelly
Measure 1 pint of juice and combine it with 1 pound of sugar.
Boil the mixture for 20 to 30 minutes.
Strain the hot jelly through a very fine sieve into jars.
Set and seal
Let the jars stand for 2 to 3 days before sealing.
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 + raspberrytop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,101 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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What each ingredient does
- Fruit juice
- Provides the main flavor and the pectin-containing liquid that the jelly is built on.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps it set by binding water and firming the gel as it boils.
The step that matters
Boiling the juice and sugar. Boiling for the full 20 to 30 minutes concentrates the mixture and drives off water so the jelly can gel. Too short a boil leaves it runny, while overboiling can make it stiff or sugary.
“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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