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Spanish Syllabub

A chilled dessert made from milk, almonds, citrus, rose water, fruit juices, wine, and powdered sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Spanish Syllabub

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

  1. In a large bowl, combine the new milk, almonds, lemon juice, rose water, strawberry juice, raspberry juice, wine, and powdered sugar, then mix the ingredients well until fully combined.

  2. Whisk the mixture until it froths and achieves a pleasing color.

  3. Serve chilled and enjoy.

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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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.

  1. Strawberry + raspberrytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together815 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, sweet).

  2. Almond + raspberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Lemon + raspberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Almond + strawberrytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Almond + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked 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

New milk
Forms the liquid base that the other ingredients are combined into.
Almonds
Adds body and a rich, nutty flavour to the mixture.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness of the sugar and fruit juices.
Wine
Adds flavour and alcohol, contributing aroma and depth to the drink.
Powdered loaf sugar
Sweetens the mixture and balances the acidity of the lemon juice.
Strawberry juice
Adds fruit flavour and colour to the mixture.

The step that matters

Whisking until frothy. Whisking incorporates air into the liquid, creating foam that gives the syllabub its light texture. Under-whisking leaves it thin, while over-whisking can cause the cream-like mixture to separate.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, almond, rose, strawberry, raspberry, wine, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Blackberryfits better
  4. 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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