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 ↓
Strawberry Cream
Ingredients
Directions
Make the juice base
Squeeze the strawberries through a colander to extract the juice.
Add the sugar to the juice and stir until dissolved.
Soak the gelatine as directed, then add it to the juice mixture.
Set and serve
Place the mixture on ice and stir until it begins to set.
Fold in the whipped cream gently.
Pour 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 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
- Strawberries
- Provide the main flavour and the juice that forms the base of the cream.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the juice and balances the tartness of the strawberries.
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a firm, sliceable structure once chilled.
- Heavy cream
- Adds richness and a light, airy texture when folded in whipped.
The step that matters
Stirring the mixture on ice until it begins to set. Gelatine sets as it cools, so the mixture must thicken to a soft, partly set state before folding in the cream. If it sets fully, the cream cannot blend evenly, and if it stays too warm, the cream will deflate and the dessert will not firm up properly.
“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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