Name: Strawberry Cream
Ingredients: 1 lb strawberry jam; Whites of 3 eggs

Why it works: Strawberry jam and egg work together. They rank in the top 33% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. The science ↓

Strawberry Cream

Ingredients

1 lb strawberry jam
Whites of 3 eggs

Directions

Beat the egg whites and strawberry jam together for 30 minutes.
Serve with sponge fingers or fill meringue cases with the mixture.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

Strawberry jam + eggtop 33% of all pairs

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Cooked together212 recipes

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What each ingredient does

Egg whites: Whipped egg whites trap air, giving the mixture a light, airy, fluffy texture.
Strawberry jam: Provides sweetness, fruit flavour and body that holds the whipped mixture together.

“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.