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Baked Pumpkin Pudding

A baked pudding made with molasses, brown sugar, sweet milk, stewed pumpkin, ginger, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Syrup and sugar match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,842 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Baked Pumpkin Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

Make the batter

  1. In a large bowl, mix the molasses and sweet milk.

  2. Add the brown sugar and ground ginger, stirring well.

  3. Gradually stir in the beaten eggs.

  4. Slowly add the stewed pumpkin until you achieve a thick batter.

Bake

  1. Pour the mixture into a deep baking dish and bake until set.

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 + sugartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,842 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Molasses + syruptop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Pumpkin + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,158 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Molasses + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Molasses + gingertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set the custard and add structure as the pudding bakes.
Molasses
Adds dark color, moisture and a deep, slightly bitter sweetness.
Stewed pumpkin
Provides the bulk, moisture and body of the thick batter.
Sweet milk
Makes the batter liquid and adds richness and softness.
Ground ginger
Contributes warm, spicy aroma and flavor.

The step that matters

Pour the mixture into a deep baking dish and bake until set. Eggs set through gentle, even heat. Baking too hot or too long can curdle and toughen the custard, so check for a set center rather than relying only on the time.

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (molasses, syrup, sugar, milk, ginger, egg):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against molasses, syrup, sugar, milk, ginger, egg. 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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