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Maple Bisque

A chilled maple-flavored custard dessert made with maple syrup, egg yolks, heavy cream, and egg whites.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Maple syrup and cream work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 607 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Maple Bisque

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Combine maple syrup and egg yolks in a saucepan.

  2. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens.

  3. Remove from heat and let cool.

Whip and fold

  1. Beat heavy cream until stiff peaks form.

  2. Fold in the beaten egg whites.

  3. Whip the cooled syrup mixture until light and fluffy.

  4. Fold in the whipped cream mixture.

Freeze

  1. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Maple syrup + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together607 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Maple syrup + eggtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,156 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Egg yolks
Thicken the syrup base as they cook and add richness to the custard.
Heavy cream
Whipped to stiff peaks, it adds airy body and a rich, creamy texture.
Egg whites
Whipped and folded in, they add lightness and airy structure to the mixture.
Maple syrup
Provides the main sweetness and maple flavor, and helps the base thicken as it cooks.

The step that matters

Cook the maple and egg yolk mixture over low heat. Egg yolks thicken when heated gently, but too much heat can scramble them. Stirring constantly over low heat keeps the base smooth and properly thickened before it is cooled and folded.

“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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