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Old-fashioned Baked Rice Pudding

A baked rice pudding made with rice, milk, sugar, vanilla, butter, raisins, and salt.

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Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Old-fashioned Baked Rice Pudding

Oven325°F

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Measure rice, sugar, and salt into a 2-quart baking dish.

  2. Add milk and vanilla; stir.

  3. Dot with butter.

Bake

  1. Bake at 325°F for 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.

  2. Add raisins at the last stirring.

  3. Bake 30 minutes more without stirring.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

580Calories
13 gProtein
20 gFat
86 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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

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

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

  3. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together35,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Rice + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,352 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and vanilla barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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

Rice
Starch that thickens as it cooks in the milk, giving the pudding its body.
Milk
Liquid that cooks the rice and, with its proteins, sets into a creamy custard-like texture.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps keep the pudding tender and moist.
Butter or margarine
Fat that adds richness and a smooth mouthfeel to the pudding.

The step that matters

Stirring during the first 2 hours of baking. Regular stirring keeps the rice dispersed and prevents it from settling and scorching on the bottom while it absorbs the milk. Stopping the stirring for the final 30 minutes lets a skin form and the pudding set.

Swap the raisin

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

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, sugar, milk, vanilla, butter. 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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