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Butterscotch Orange Rice Pudding

A sweet rice pudding flavored with butterscotch and orange zest, topped with whipped cream and orange slices.

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Why it works: Milk and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,374 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Butterscotch Orange Rice Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Make the pudding

  1. Combine pudding mix, milk, and orange peel.

  2. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil. Add rice.

  3. Remove from heat.

Serve

  1. Spoon into dessert dishes.

  2. Chill.

  3. At serving time, top with whipped cream and garnish with sliced oranges.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

468Calories
14 gProtein
14 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Puddingnot in our table0
Pie Fillingnot 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 the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Orange + ricetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Milk + orangetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Rice + creamtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Butterscotch pudding mix
Thickens the milk into a set, sweet, butterscotch-flavoured pudding base.
Milk
Forms the liquid base that the pudding mix thickens when heated.
Cooked rice
Provides the body and chewy texture that makes this a rice pudding.
Grated orange peel
Adds citrus aroma and fragrant orange flavour to the pudding.
Heavy cream, whipped
Adds a light, airy, rich topping that contrasts with the set pudding.

The step that matters

Bring the mixture to a full boil while stirring. Starch in the pudding mix only thickens fully once it reaches a boil. Stirring over medium heat keeps it smooth and prevents scorching or lumps on the bottom of the pan.

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, rice, cream):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, rice, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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