Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓
Strawberry Ice Cream
Ingredients
Directions
Make the base
In a saucepan, combine 2 cups of granulated sugar and ½ cup of water. Boil until it forms a syrup.
In a bowl, mix the syrup with 1 quart of thin cream and 1 quart of strawberries. Strain the mixture.
Freeze and fill
Freeze the mixture in a fancy circular mold with a tight cover for 2 hours.
Remove the ice cream from the mold and fill the center with carefully washed and drained unhulled strawberries.
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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Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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What each ingredient does
- Strawberries
- Provide the main flavor and, once strained, the fruity body of the ice cream.
- Thin cream
- Supplies fat that makes the ice cream rich and smooth in texture.
- Granulated sugar
- Sweetens the base and lowers the freezing point so the ice cream stays soft.
The step that matters
Freeze the mixture in a tight-covered mold. Sugar and fat keep the base from freezing rock-hard, but a long or uneven freeze lets large ice crystals form, which makes the texture grainy. A tight cover keeps out air and odors that cause freezer burn.
“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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