Dried raspberry powder.

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Marg CDN

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Recently for dinner, I invited a friend who does not mind my experiments. I wanted to make a fresh raspberry, baked souffle (no recipe, just winging it). I spent almost an hour sieving the raspberry coulis and at the last moment, remembered that I had some powder. I put a bit of the real thing aside to taste-compare and added the powder to the remainder. It did increase the flavour but it did not enhance it; it tasted a bit odd. The souffles were absolutely perfect...VERY high and mighty and simply delicious. So the powder did not affect the success of the rise. But now I want to make it again, if I can remember exactly what I did, without the powder. What a disappointment. I had also put some of the powder in some meringues that I made a while ago and was also not impressed with the flavour.

Is anyone aware of differences among various the various brands of powders?

I also want to try this again, with strawberries, no powder but adding some freeze-dried strawberries in hopes that the souffle will support them.
 
I actually was looking for freeze dried raspberries at Trader Joe’s to add to my Swiss meringue with the recent chocolate cake. Looks like they don’t have them anymore. 😞 I have buzzed up their strawberries and added it to smb and thought it tasted great. I just winged the amount till I liked the flavor.
 
marilynfl said:
marg, was the powder "freeze-dried raspberries" that were pulverized? Or something else?
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Yes, freeze-dried raspberry powder. From NZ so maybe the same thing as local stuff but different nomenclature. They call it powder.

I'm going to chop up the strawberries. That was a good idea. Now I need someone to come over for another experiment. But no Targets in Canada.
 
Ah. I'd bought freeze-dried raspberries from a "survival store" in my town that were sooooo bitter I couldn't eat them or use them for anything. Besides messing with my culinary needs, this was heartbreaking because:
  • it was a #10 size can of freeze-dried raspberries (yep, that's the large one)
  • Total weight: 9 oz (yep...you read that right. I had to read it several times because...
  • Price: $39 (back in 2018; I was only stupid once)
Also, just in case I don't feel like baking, this store also offers classes in:
  • Armed Self-Defense in a Hostile Political Environment
  • Camouflaging Yourself & Equipment
  • Dangerous Cults at the End of the World
  • Breadmaking
  • Beekeeping
Maybe you hit upon a similar bitter batch? For the wedding last summer, I used small bags of freeze-dried raspberries from Trader Joes, pulsed in Vitamix, then sifted over the pastries. Still a bit tart, but very raspberry-ish.

Finally, I've read that fruit now is 10 times less flavorful than 40 years ago. Think of the peaches you had as a child...or the watermelon. Thankfully however, this is why I can now be in the same room as cantelope (as opposed to gut-wrenching queasiness when I'd open the refrigerator and smell it as a child.)
 
Oh I do long for the flavours of long ago. Can you even remember when an apricot actually had a flavour other than dead grass?

I will try these powders again. Not at $39 though. The idea is a good one but it's an interesting thought you have.....just not the best raspberries used in the pack.
 
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