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Nugget Pudding III

"Stovetop and steamed wheat/barley nugget cereal pudding with a hint of vanilla."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 19,175 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

The recipe

1 1quart baking dish
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and butter or lightly grease a 1 quart baking dish.

  2. In a large bowl, stir together the wheat and barley nugget cereal, salt, and white sugar.

  3. Pour in the milk and let the cereal soak for about 10 minutes so it softens.

  4. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with the vanilla extract, then stir them into the milk and cereal mixture.

  5. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

  6. Set the baking dish in a larger pan with about an inch of hot water around it to make a water bath.

  7. Bake for about 60 minutes, until the pudding is set in the center and a knife inserted near the middle comes out clean. The custard must reach 160°F (71°C) because it contains raw eggs.

  8. Remove from the water bath and let cool for 15 minutes before serving warm.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

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

  2. Wheat + barleytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together185 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Wheat + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,416 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Grape + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,596 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, barley, grape, sugar, milk, egg, vanilla):

  1. Almondbetter flavor fit
  2. Walnutbetter flavor fit
  3. Peanutbetter flavor fit
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, barley, grape, sugar, milk, egg, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).