Why it works: Sugar and strawberry are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,060 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Strawberiiy Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Make the syrup
Combine the sugar and strawberry juice in a pot.
Boil for 10 minutes.
Strain the mixture to remove solids.
Bottle
Bottle the syrup for use.
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 + strawberrytop 20% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,060 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- White sugar
- Dissolves into the juice to provide sweetness and the thick body of the syrup.
- Strawberry juice
- Provides the flavor and liquid base that the sugar dissolves into.
The step that matters
Boil for 10 minutes. Boiling dissolves the sugar fully and concentrates the mixture into a syrup. Boiling too briefly can leave it thin, while over-reducing can make it overly thick once cooled.
“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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