Why it works: Sugar and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Strawberry Puff
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and drain the strawberries.
Beat the egg whites until stiff.
Make and serve
Add the sugar and mashed strawberries to the egg whites and beat for 1 hour.
Pile the mixture onto a glass dish and serve with 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.
-
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Egg whites
- Whipped into a foam that gives the puff its airy, light structure.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the mixture and helps stabilize the whipped foam.
- Strawberries
- Provide the fruit flavor, color and moisture in the puff.
The step that matters
Beating in the sugar and strawberries. Sugar added to stiff egg whites helps keep the foam stable. Beating for a long time can break down the foam, making the mixture watery or dense, so watch its texture as it comes together.
“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.
More strawberry puff recipes
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.