Why it works: Vinegar and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,806 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Raspberry Vinegar
Ingredients
Directions
Macerate
Pick the raspberries and pour the vinegar over them.
Let it stand for a week, stirring well each day.
Make the syrup
Strain the mixture and boil it with the sugar for 15 to 20 minutes.
Skim well as it boils.
Put into bottles and cork when 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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Vinegar + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together20,806 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Raspberries
- Provide the main fruit flavour and aroma that the vinegar draws out during standing.
- Vinegar
- Extracts and preserves the raspberry flavour, giving the drink its tart acidity.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the mixture and balances the sharpness of the vinegar.
The step that matters
Skim well as it boils. Skimming removes foam and impurities that rise to the surface as the sugar syrup boils, leaving a clear, clean-tasting liquid that keeps better in bottles.
“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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