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Milk Punch

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Milk Punch

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

360Calories
10 gProtein
10 gFat
59 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Brandynot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Green Teanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rum, brandy, lime, clove, coriander, nutmeg, cinnamon):

  1. Orangefits about as well
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Mangofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against rum, brandy, lime, clove, coriander, nutmeg, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.