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Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Pumpkin Bread Pudding, a luscious Paleo Thanksgiving dessert. Gluten-free, grain-free bread pudding made with coconut milk, also nut-free and dairy-free.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Makes 4-6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

590Calories
11 gProtein
41 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Pumpkinnot 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 elanaspantry. 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. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

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

  2. Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,187 recipes

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

  3. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Pumpkin + vanillatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Chocolate + coconuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pumpkin, chocolate, coconut, milk, egg, vanilla):

  1. Cherryfits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pumpkin, chocolate, coconut, milk, egg, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.