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1927 Bread and Marmalade Pudding

A sweet bread pudding made with buttered bread, marmalade, milk, eggs, sugar, and salt, baked until firm.

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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

1927 Bread and Marmalade Pudding

Oven350°F

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Butter the bread and spread each piece with marmalade.

  2. Cut the bread into finger lengths and place in a baking dish.

Make the custard

  1. Beat the eggs and sugar together until well blended.

  2. Add the salt and mix this mixture over the bread.

Bake and serve

  1. Place the baking dish in a pan of hot water (fill the broiler pan with hot water).

  2. Bake at 350°F until firm in the center.

  3. Serve half warm, or cold, with or without cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

895Calories
29 gProtein
26 gFat
135 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
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.

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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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Orange + milktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,696 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set the custard so the pudding turns firm and sliceable when baked.
Milk
Soaks into the bread and forms the custard base that gives the pudding its moisture.
Bread
Absorbs the custard and forms the body of the pudding.
Sugar
Sweetens the custard and helps it brown lightly at the surface.
Marmalade
Adds sweetness, bitter citrus aroma and a fruity flavor layer through the bread.

The step that matters

Bake in a water bath. Placing the dish in hot water surrounds the custard with gentle, even heat. This slows overheating at the edges, so the egg proteins set smoothly rather than curdling or turning rubbery.

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Peachfits better
  4. Orangethe original

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