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Lemon Pudding Parfait

Enjoy this cool gluten-free lemon pudding on a warm summer's day. It's quick, sweet and refreshing.

By elanaspantry · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 43,327 recipes mention both. Both carry (e,e)-2,4-decadienal, which smells fatty, deep fried. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves Makes 4

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Egg + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  2. Agave + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together123 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Egg + creamtop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together41,958 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Lemon + creamtop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together15,638 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Agave + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

Lemon and cream share little aroma chemistry, yet 15,638 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