Why it works: Cider and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,431 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓
Raspberry Vinegar
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Combine raspberry juice, cider vinegar, and sugar in a large container.
Mix well and let it stand for 12 hours.
Strain the mixture.
Cook and bottle
Pour it into a pot and bring to a boil.
Bottle and seal while hot.
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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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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Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,431 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
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Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,806 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Red raspberry + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together49 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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Red raspberry + vinegartop 24% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9 recipes
Shared aroma: acetoin (butter, cream).
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Cider + sugartop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,308 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Red raspberry juice
- Provides the main raspberry flavor and liquid base of the vinegar.
- Cider vinegar
- Adds sharp acidity that balances the sweetness and preserves the mixture.
- White sugar
- Sweetens the vinegar and helps it thicken into a syrup.
The step that matters
Bring to a boil before bottling. Boiling the mixture heats it enough to help keep it stable in storage, and sealing it hot helps protect it from spoilage. Skipping or shortening the boil risks a less stable product.
Swap the red raspberry
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cider, vinegar, sugar):
- Applefits better
- Plumfits better
- Pineapplefits better
- Red raspberrythe original
Fit is the average pairing score against cider, vinegar, sugar. 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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