Rice Pudding Another Way

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. Vanilla + raspberrytop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together950 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

2. Almond + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,961 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

3. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together19,187 recipes

   Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

4. Rice + almondtop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,456 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

5. Sugar + syruptop 6% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together5,842 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

Rice

Provides the starch and body that thickens the pudding as it cooks in milk.

New milk

Cooks with the rice to create the creamy, tender base of the pudding.

Almonds

Add nutty flavor and a richer texture to the pudding.

Sugar

Adds sweetness and helps balance the flavor of the milk and almonds.

The step that matters

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, milk, almond, vanilla, sugar, cream, syrup):

1. Coconutfits better
2. Figfits better
3. Peachfits better
4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, milk, almond, vanilla, sugar, cream, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.