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English Plum Pudding

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,115 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

English Plum Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

  1. One-fourth pound each chopped suet, raisins, currants and sultanas, two ounces each chopped mixed, lemon, orange, cit- ron peel and bread crumbs, one-fourth pound brown sugar, two eggs, two ounces vinegar, one ounce chopped almonds, lit- tle grated nutmeg and salt. Pour flour into a basin, add salt, crumbs, floured currants, raisins, sultanas, and the peels. Mix all well together, add grated nutmeg, almonds, vinegar, the beaten sugar and eggs, and moisten with one cup sweet milk. Turn pudding in well buttered mold. Steam four hours or more. Serve with hard sauce. — Mrs. E. N. Crawford, Gold- field, Nev.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

298Calories
15 gProtein
15 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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. Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Milk + nutmegtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,685 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

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

  4. Almond + milktop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,800 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Egg + nutmegtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together24,744 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Egg and nutmeg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 24,744 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

Swap the almond

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

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Chestnutfits about as well
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Milletfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, vinegar, milk, egg, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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