Marshmallow
Confection
Top 10 pairings
A marshmallow is a soft, spongy confection made by aerating a hot sugar syrup with a whipping agent — gelatin in almost all modern sweets, or beaten egg white in older and French-style recipes — into a light, springy foam that sets pillowy and tender. Bland, sweet and vanilla- scented, it is a global pantry staple and the building block of s'mores, rocky road and hot- chocolate toppers, prized as much for how it toasts and melts as for how it tastes.
Picking a good onedrag
Springy, snowy, loose in the bagWelded, damp, smelling sour
Open a while, still springyEveryday bestThe all-rounder - skewer and toast, float on hot chocolate, or fold through rocky road and crisped-rice treats.
Press one between finger and thumbSprings back a beat slower, the surface faintly tacky under the thumb
The bag and the dustStill separate, a few clinging to one another but pulling apart clean
Look at the surfaceGlossier where the dust has rubbed away, the cut edges rounding off a little
Smell the open bagSweet and vanilla-ish but quieter, closer to plain sugar than to perfume