Why it works: Sugar and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Fruit Souffle
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Cook the fruit until very tender.
Strain the fruit through a coarse strainer.
Add sugar and flavoring to the strained fruit and cool.
Finish and serve
Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.
Set in a cold place and serve cold.
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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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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Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Stewed fruit
- Provides the main flavor and body of the souffle.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the fruit and helps give the mixture a smooth, set texture as it cools.
- Egg white
- Whipped into foam, it lightens the mixture and gives the souffle its airy texture.
The step that matters
Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. Folding gently keeps the air bubbles in the whipped egg white. Stirring or overmixing deflates the foam, leaving the souffle dense instead of light.
“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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