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Salvodorian Arroz Con Leche

A Salvadorian rice pudding made with rice, cinnamon, water, sugar, milk, eggs, and raisins.

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Why it works: Cinnamon and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,390 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Salvodorian Arroz Con Leche

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the rice

  1. Rinse the rice in cold water.

  2. Put the rice into a pot with 2 cups water and cinnamon.

  3. Cook over a medium flame until all the liquid has been absorbed.

Make the pudding

  1. Cook the rice for 15 minutes.

  2. Reduce the heat and add the sugar and the milk.

  3. Cook until the rice is done.

  4. Add the eggs to the rice.

  5. Bring to a boil, then transfer at once to a serving dish and decorate with raisins.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

550Calories
19 gProtein
14 gFat
88 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Waternot 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.

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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. Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

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

  2. Rice + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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

  4. Cinnamon + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Cinnamon + sugartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Cinnamon and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 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 softens and thickens as it cooks, giving the pudding its body.
Milk
Provides liquid and creaminess as the rice simmers and sets into a pudding.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps give the finished pudding its flavor.
Eggs
Thicken the pudding when heated, adding richness and a silkier texture.

The step that matters

Add the eggs to the rice. Eggs thicken when heated and can scramble if the mixture is too hot or boils too hard. Adding them at reduced heat and bringing to a boil only briefly helps keep the pudding smooth.

Swap the raisin

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinthe original
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, cinnamon, 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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