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Souffle Ices

A chilled dessert made with syrup, eggs, maraschino, strawberry juice, salt, whipped cream, and Savoy biscuits.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Syrup and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,964 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Souffle Ices

Ingredients

Directions

Make the mixture

  1. Pour the syrup into a basin.

  2. Stir in the egg yolks.

  3. Strain into a warm copper bowl.

  4. Add maraschino, strawberry juice, and salt.

  5. Whisk lightly in hot water until creamy.

  6. Continue whisking for 10 minutes.

Set and serve

  1. In a soufflé case, stir in whipped cream.

  2. Pour the mixture into the case.

  3. Wrap cartridge paper around the case for support.

  4. Turn the set mixture onto a cold dish.

  5. Sprinkle with crushed Savoy biscuits.

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.

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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.

  1. Syrup + creamtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Strawberry + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,525 recipes

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

  3. Syrup + strawberrytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Egg + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together42,166 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Egg + strawberrytop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,509 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Egg and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 42,166 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Yolks thicken the mixture into a rich, creamy base as they are whisked and heated.
Syrup
Adds sweetness and body, helping the frozen mixture stay smooth rather than icy.
Whipped cream
Adds lightness and fat, giving the set dessert a soft, creamy texture.
Maraschino
Adds a distinct cherry-almond aroma and flavour to the dessert.

The step that matters

Whisk lightly in hot water until creamy. Gentle heat slowly thickens the egg yolks into a smooth base. Too much heat or vigorous whisking can scramble the eggs, leaving a grainy texture.

Swap the strawberry

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Strawberrythe original
  3. Raspberryfits about as well
  4. Raisinfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against syrup, egg, cream. 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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