Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 43,450 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Bavarian Cream, with Strawberries
Ingredients
Directions
Make the mixture
Squeeze the strawberries through a colander to extract the juice.
Dissolve the sugar in the strawberry juice.
Soak the gelatine as directed and add it to the juice mixture.
Place the mixture on ice and stir until it begins to set.
Set and serve
Fold in the whipped cream gently.
Pour the mixture into a mold and refrigerate until firm.
Serve with fresh strawberries around the mold.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned 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
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a firm, sliceable cream as it cools.
- Heavy cream
- Adds richness and a light, airy texture when folded in whipped.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the strawberry juice and balances its tartness.
- Strawberries
- Provide the main flavour and colour, with their juice forming the base.
The step that matters
Stir the mixture on ice until it begins to set. Gelatine sets only as the mixture cools, so it must thicken to a syrupy state before the cream is folded in. If it sets too firmly, the cream will not blend smoothly, and if it stays too warm, the mixture will not hold its shape when chilled.
“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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