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Sandra's Persimmon Pudding

"A rich pudding that's more like a cake. Serve it with fresh whipped cream."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sandra's Persimmon Pudding

Why it works: Persimmon and cinnamon share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 47 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Sandra's Persimmon Pudding

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

839Calories
28 gProtein
26 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Persimmonnot 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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Persimmon + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Persimmon + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the persimmon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, sugar, flour, milk, cinnamon, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Persimmonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, sugar, flour, milk, cinnamon, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.