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, then mix well until fully combined.
Whisk the mixture until it froths and achieves a pleasing color.
Serve chilled.
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 body of the syllabub and carries the other flavours.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity that brightens the sweetness and helps thicken the milk.
- Wine
- Adds alcohol and acidity that give the drink its character and aroma.
- Powdered sugar
- Sweetens the drink and balances the acidity of the lemon and wine.
- Almonds
- Add richness and body, giving a fuller texture to the mixture.
- Strawberry juice
- Contributes fruit flavour and a pink colour to the drink.
The step that matters
Whisking until frothy. Whisking traps air bubbles in the liquid, creating a light foam. Stop once it holds its froth, since overbeating can break the foam down and make it grainy.
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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