Why it works: Strawberry and raspberry work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 815 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, sweet. The science ↓
Spanish Syllabub
Ingredients
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the milk, almonds, lemon juice, rose water, strawberry juice, raspberry juice, wine, and powdered sugar, and mix the ingredients well until combined.
Whisk the mixture until it froths and achieves a pleasing color.
Serve chilled for a delicious treat.
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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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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Strawberry + raspberrytop 2% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together815 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).
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Almond + raspberrytop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together552 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Lemon + raspberrytop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,109 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Almond + strawberrytop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together433 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Almond + lemontop 10% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,655 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Milk
- Forms the creamy base that the other liquids are blended into.
- Almonds
- Add body and richness, and help thicken the mixture as they are finely beaten.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity that sharpens the sweetness and balances the richness of the milk.
- Wine
- Adds flavor and acidity to the drink's base.
- Powdered loaf sugar
- Sweetens the mixture and balances the acidity of the lemon juice and wine.
The step that matters
Whisking until frothy. Whisking incorporates air into the liquid and creates foam. Stop when the mixture is light and frothy with a pleasing color, since over-whisking can eventually break the foam down.
Swap the lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, almond, rose, strawberry, raspberry, wine, sugar):
- Vanillafits better
- Peachfits better
- Blackberryfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against milk, almond, rose, strawberry, raspberry, wine, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
“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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