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 Ice
Ingredients
Directions
Make the strawberry juice
Pound the strawberries with the sugar in a mortar.
Strain the juice through a fine cloth and color it pink with cochineal.
Make the ice cream
Whip the cream to stiff peaks.
Gradually mix the whipped cream with the strawberry juice and freeze.
Alternative with jam
If fresh strawberries are unavailable, mix a pot of the best jam with the juice of a lemon, a little water, and a few drops of cochineal.
Strain the strawberry syrup and add the cream as above.
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.
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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
- Fresh strawberries
- Provide the main flavor and the pink juice that gives the ice cream its taste.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the strawberries and helps draw out their juice when pounded.
- Double cream
- Adds fat and whipped volume, giving the ice cream a rich, smooth texture.
The step that matters
Gradually mix the whipped cream with the strawberry juice. Adding the juice slowly keeps the whipped cream from deflating or curdling, preserving the airy structure that gives a smooth frozen texture.
“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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