Name: Peach Pudding
Ingredients: half cup of milk; one cup of sugar; two cups of boiling water poured over; one cup sour cream; one teaspoon of soda; two cups sugar; one pound beef suet; one pound raisins; one pound currants; quarter pound citron; one tablespoonful allspice; three teaspoonfuls cinnamon; one quart flour; one cup grated pineapple; one cup of water; half pint of cream; one cup raisins; one cup currants; one cup sweet milk; one cup syrup; one teaspoonful each of all kinds of spices; one wineglass brandy; a pound of flour; one egg; one egg beaten separately; six eggs; two nutmegs grated; one lemon; five eggs; five whites to a stiff froth

Why it works: Allspice and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,536 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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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.

Allspice + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,536 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,390 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,655 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Currant + allspicetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,359 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl benzoate (fruity, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Sour cream: Adds moisture and tang, keeping the batter tender and slightly acidic.
Soda: Reacts with the sour cream's acidity to make the batter rise and lighten.
Egg: Binds the batter and helps give it structure as it sets in the oven.
Flour: Provides the structure that makes the batter stiff enough to hold up over the fruit.

The step that matters

Pour the batter over the peaches and bake. The batter should be stiff enough to hold its shape and rise through the fruit. A thin batter sinks and turns soggy, while the fruit releases juice as it bakes.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, sugar, cream, beef, raisin, allspice, cinnamon):

Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Orangefits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, sugar, cream, beef, raisin, allspice, cinnamon. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Pineapple	1 cup chunks (165g)	82
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Allspice	1 tsp ground (1.9g)	5
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0
Brandy	not in our table	0

Peach Pudding

Peach Pudding

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