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Strawberry and Rice Dessert

A sweet dessert of cooked rice mixed with milk, sugar, and fresh strawberries.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,374 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Strawberry and Rice Dessert

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Prepare the rice

  1. Soak the rice in warm water for 30 minutes.

  2. Drain the rice and combine it with milk and sugar in a saucepan.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the rice is tender and the mixture thickens.

  2. Remove from heat and let it cool.

  3. Serve topped with fresh strawberries.

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. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Rice + sugartop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 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

Rice
Forms the body of the pudding and absorbs liquid as it cooks until tender.
Milk
Provides the liquid that cooks the rice and thickens into a creamy texture.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps balance the flavor of the strawberries.
Strawberries
Add fresh fruit flavor and color as a topping.

The step that matters

Cooking the rice over medium heat. Stirring frequently keeps the milk from scorching on the bottom of the pan and helps the starch release evenly, so the rice becomes tender and the mixture thickens smoothly rather than sticking or burning.

“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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