Why it works: Sugar and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Raspberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the base
Prepare the custard as directed.
Pass the raspberries through a fine sieve.
Make the mixture
Add the sugar and lemon juice to the raspberries and mix with the custard.
Add carmine until the mixture is a bright red color.
Freeze
Freeze the mixture in the usual way.
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 + lemontop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together53,532 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Raspberries
- Provide the main flavor and fruit body of the ice cream.
- Custard
- Adds richness and a creamy, smooth texture to the frozen mixture.
- Castor sugar
- Sweetens the mixture and softens the texture of the frozen ice cream.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity that brightens the raspberry flavor.
The step that matters
Passing the raspberries through a fine sieve. Sieving removes seeds and fibrous pulp so the ice cream freezes smooth rather than gritty. Pressing gently keeps as much fruit flavor as possible in the purée.
“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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