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Another Wat to Make Mock Ice

A chilled dessert made with isinglass, water, cream, raspberry juice, and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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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 ↓

Another Wat to Make Mock Ice

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. Dissolve isinglass in water and strain.

  2. When nearly cold, mix with cream.

  3. Simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.

  4. Add raspberry juice and sugar to taste.

Set and mold

  1. Whisk until almost cold and pour into a mold.

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.

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. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Cream + raspberrytop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Raspberry + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Isinglass
Gelatin-like protein that sets the cream into a firm, sliceable structure as it cools.
Cream
Provides fat and richness, giving the dessert a smooth, creamy texture.
Raspberry juice
Adds fruity flavor and colour to the mixture.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the tartness of the raspberry juice.

The step that matters

Simmer over low heat, stirring constantly. Isinglass sets only when it is properly dissolved and the mixture is kept gently warm. Constant stirring over low heat prevents the cream from scorching or curdling and keeps the mixture smooth before it cools and sets.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberryfits about as well
  3. Raspberrythe original
  4. Raisinfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, 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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