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Baked Lemon Pudding

A baked pudding made with sugar, cornstarch, milk, egg yolks, lemon juice, and lemon rind.

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Why it works: Milk and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,053 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Baked Lemon Pudding

Oven300°F
Timeone hour

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. Mix sugar and cornstarch.

  2. Add milk, egg yolks, lemon juice, and rind.

  3. Fold in 2 stiffly beaten egg whites.

Bake

  1. Pour mixture into a buttered baking dish.

  2. Place the dish in a pan of hot water.

  3. Bake at 300°F for one hour or until pudding leaves the sides of the baking dish.

Serve

  1. Serve with or without whipped cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

743Calories
28 gProtein
15 gFat
124 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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 + lemontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together19,053 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53,532 recipes

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

  3. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

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

  5. Egg + lemontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together44,316 recipes

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

Sugar and lemon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 53,532 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Granulated sugar
Sweetens the pudding and softens its texture.
Cornstarch
Thickens the milk mixture so it sets into a spoonable pudding.
Milk
Provides the liquid base that the starch thickens and the eggs set.
Egg yolks
Add richness and help the pudding set as they cook.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor.
Lemon rind
Adds aromatic lemon oils for a stronger citrus flavor.

The step that matters

Placing the dish in a pan of hot water. The water bath moderates the oven's heat so the custard sets gently. Without it, the eggs can overcook, curdle, or crack, leaving a grainy texture.

Swap the lemon

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, egg. 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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