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Maple Rice Pudding with Apple and Pecans

A sweet rice pudding flavored with maple syrup, apples, pecans, rum, and spices.

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Why it works: Rice and milk 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 ↓

Maple Rice Pudding with Apple and Pecans

divided among 8 cups
Time20 minutes simmer

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the rice

  1. In a saucepan, mix milk, rice, 2/3 cup sugar, and salt.

  2. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.

  3. Add the diced apple and cook covered until tender.

Make the sugared pecans

  1. In a separate saucepan, heat the remaining sugar and 2 tbsp water until it boils to a light amber color.

  2. Line a baking sheet with foil.

  3. Spread the toasted pecans on the foil.

  4. Pour the sugar mixture over the pecans.

  5. Let cool, then break into small pieces.

Finish the pudding

  1. In a bowl, whisk the maple syrup and eggs.

  2. Stir in the rum, allspice, and nutmeg into the rice mixture.

  3. Whisk a small amount of the rice mixture into the syrup mixture.

  4. Stir the syrup mixture back into the rice mixture and cook until thickened.

  5. Divide the pudding among 8 cups.

  6. Top each serving with the sugared pecans.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

698Calories
20 gProtein
17 gFat
112 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Pecan1 half (4g)20
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Puddingnot 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. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  2. Apple + rumtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together214 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  3. Pecans + maple syruptop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together274 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  4. Milk + appletop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,104 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  5. Apple + maple syruptop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together272 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Long grain white rice
Its starch swells and thickens the milk into a creamy pudding body.
Eggs
They set and thicken the custard, adding richness and structure.
Milk
Forms the creamy liquid base that the rice cooks in and softens.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and, when heated to amber, a caramel flavor for the pecans.
Pecans
Toasting and sugar coating add browned, crunchy contrast to the soft pudding.
Maple syrup
Adds sweetness and the main maple flavor to the pudding.

The step that matters

Stir the syrup mixture back into the rice mixture and cook until thickened.. Eggs scramble if they meet hot liquid too fast. Whisking a little hot rice mixture into the eggs first warms them gradually, so the pudding thickens smoothly instead of curdling.

Swap the pecans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, milk, sugar, apple, maple syrup, egg, rum):

  1. Pecansthe original
  2. Almondfits about as well
  3. Chestnutfits about as well
  4. Walnutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, milk, sugar, apple, maple syrup, egg, rum. 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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