Why it works: Almond and strawberry work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 433 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
Spanish Syllabub
Ingredients
Directions
Make the base
Blanch and pound the almonds in a mortar with the rose water.
Mix in the pounded sugar, lemon juice, and strawberry or raspberry juice.
Finish and whip
Add the white wine and whole milk (or warm cream).
Whip or mill the mixture until it is finely frothy.
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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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).
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Strawberry + milktop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,130 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Strawberry + white winetop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together60 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
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Lemon + white winetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,832 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Almonds
- Pounded into a paste that adds body and a nutty flavour to the base.
- Loaf sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps balance the acidity of the lemon juice.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity that gives the drink its sharp, bright flavour.
- Whole milk
- Provides the liquid and fat that whip into a light, frothy texture.
- White wine
- Adds liquid and flavour, and its acidity helps the milk curdle lightly into a froth.
The step that matters
Whip or mill the mixture until it is finely frothy. Whipping incorporates air into the milk and fat, creating foam. Stopping too early leaves it thin, while overwhipping can make the cream grainy or turn it to butter.
“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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