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Ooffee Milk

A beverage made by boiling coffee with milk and cream, clarified with isinglass.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Ooffee Milk

Ingredients

Directions

Clarify the milk

  1. Boil 2 teaspoons of coffee in 2 cups of milk for 15 minutes.

  2. Add a little isinglass and let it boil for a few more minutes.

  3. Set aside to clarify.

Combine and reduce

  1. In a separate pot, mix 3 cups of brewed coffee with 2 cups of cream and sugar to taste.

  2. Boil the mixture together and reduce it by one-third.

  3. Ensure the coffee is brewed strong and clear before mixing with the cream.

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.

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.

  1. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Coffee + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,202 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  3. Coffee + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  4. Coffee + sugartop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Coffee
Provides the main coffee flavour and aroma of the drink.
Milk
Forms the liquid base and adds body and mild sweetness.
Cream
Adds fat for richness and a smoother, fuller mouthfeel.
Isinglass
Acts as a fining agent that helps clear the liquid.

The step that matters

Reducing the mixture by one-third. Reducing by one-third concentrates the coffee flavour and thickens the liquid as water evaporates. Keep the heat moderate, since milk and cream can scorch on the bottom of the pot during a long boil.

“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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