Why it works: Milk and molasses are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,243 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓
Flat Baked Indian 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. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Prepare
Scald the milk in a saucepan.
Make the pudding
While the milk is hot, stir in the Indian meal and molasses until well combined.
Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish.
Bake
Bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven until set and lightly browned, about 30-40 minutes.
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.
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Milk + molassestop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,243 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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What each ingredient does
- Skimmed milk
- Forms the liquid base that sets into the pudding's custard-like body.
- Indian meal
- Cornmeal that thickens the milk as it cooks and gives the pudding its grainy structure.
- Molasses
- Adds sweetness and deep flavor, and contributes to the pudding's browning in the oven.
The step that matters
Stir the meal into the hot milk. Cornmeal must be well combined into the hot milk so it hydrates evenly and thickens; stirring it in unevenly can leave lumps and an uneven set.
“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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