Why it works: Vinegar and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Raspberry Vinegar
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Mash the raspberries in a wooden bowl or earthenware pan.
Add 1½ pints of vinegar to the pulp and heat the mixture until boiling.
Strain the mixture through a flannel bag.
Sweeten and simmer
For every pint of liquid, add 1 pound of lump sugar.
Simmer the mixture in an earthen pot for about 5 minutes, removing any scum that rises.
Bottle
Once cooled, transfer the vinegar into dry bottles.
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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Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,806 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Red raspberries
- Provide the main fruit flavour, aroma and deep red colour of the vinegar.
- Vinegar
- Extracts the raspberry flavour and adds the sharp acidity that defines the final drink.
- Lump sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
The step that matters
Simmer and skim the scum. Simmering briefly and removing the scum that rises keeps the liquid clear and removes impurities that could spoil the vinegar in storage.
“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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