Why it works: Sugar and cream 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 ↓
Bavarian Fruit Cream
Ingredients
Directions
Make the base
Soak the gelatine in cold water.
In a saucepan, mix the sugar with the fruit juice and cook for a few minutes.
Add the dissolved gelatine to the mixture and stir well.
Chill and finish
Strain the mixture into a tin pan and place it on ice.
Stir until it thickens, then fold in the whipped cream.
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.
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Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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What each ingredient does
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a soft, sliceable cream as it cools.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the cream and balances the tartness of the fruit juice.
- Fruit juice
- Provides the main flavour and liquid base of the cream.
- Whipped cream
- Adds fat and air, giving the set cream a light, creamy texture.
The step that matters
Stir until it thickens, then fold in the whipped cream. Cooling the mixture on ice only until it thickens keeps the gelatine from setting in lumps before the cream is added. If it gets too cold or sets fully, the whipped cream cannot be folded in evenly and the airy texture is lost.
“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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