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Marrow Pudding

A custard-like pudding made with cream, eggs, beef marrow, brandy, and citron.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Marrow Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the custard

  1. In a bowl, mix the cream, salt, and nutmeg together.

  2. In another bowl, beat the eggs for 15 minutes.

  3. Add the beef marrow, brandy, and sugar to the beaten eggs.

  4. Mix well and pour into a baking dish.

Cook and serve

  1. Boil or bake the mixture for 45 minutes.

  2. Bake until set.

  3. When serving, top with the chopped citron.

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.

Explore the science

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. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Cream + nutmegtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,920 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Nutmeg + brandytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,311 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cream + brandytop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,635 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Nutmeg + beeftop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,495 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 give it structure as they cook.
Cream
Provides richness and a smooth, tender body to the pudding.
Beef marrow
Adds richness and fat, giving the pudding a soft, luxurious texture.
Citron
Adds a bright, aromatic citrus note that contrasts the rich custard.

The step that matters

Beat the eggs thoroughly before adding the other ingredients. Well-beaten eggs trap air and help the pudding rise and set evenly. Under-beaten eggs can leave the custard dense or uneven in texture.

“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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