Farm-style Corn Pudding

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. Corn + jalapenotop 9% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together494 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

2. Corn + milktop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together6,955 recipes

   Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).

3. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together11,466 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

4. Corn + peppertop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,324 recipes

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

5. Milk + cheddar cheesetop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,964 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cream style corn

Provides most of the body and moisture, giving the pudding its soft, custardy base.

Bread crumbs

Absorb liquid and help the mixture hold together and set as it bakes.

Milk

Adds moisture and, with the eggs-free base, helps the pudding set softly as it bakes.

Cheddar cheese

Melts into the top layer, adding richness and savory flavor.

Bacon

Renders fat as it bakes, adding savory flavor and crisp browned edges to the top.

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, corn, pepper, bread, milk, cheddar cheese):

1. Nutmegfits better
2. Celeryfits better
3. Cinnamonfits better
4. Jalapenothe original

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