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 ↓
Raspberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
Directions
Whip the double cream until soft peaks form.
Squeeze the juice from the raspberries and add it to the cream.
Stir in the sugar until fully dissolved.
Pour the mixture into a container and freeze until firm.
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.
Photo for illustrative purposes only · Contact us to use it
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.
-
Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Double cream
- Whipped to trap air, giving the frozen ice cream a light, creamy texture.
- Raspberries
- Provide flavour and colour; their juice adds moisture and fruity acidity.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the mixture and lowers the freezing point, keeping the ice cream softer when frozen.
The step that matters
Whip the cream to soft peaks. Whipping incorporates air into the fat and cream structure. Overwhipping can cause the cream to turn grainy or buttery, and underwhipping leaves the ice cream dense and icy.
“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.
You might also like
White Cake431 recipes
Pound Cake373 recipes
Orange Bundt Cake349 recipes
Spice Cake344 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.