Why it works: Cream and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,399 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓
Rice Souffle
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook the rice
Wash 2 cups of rice.
Cook the rice for about 3 hours in a double boiler with a quart of milk and 1 teaspoon salt.
Make the soufflé
When the mixture is cold, whip 1 pint of cream and stir it into the rice.
Pour the mixture into a mold and let it get cold.
Serve
Serve with hot raspberry or any other red fruit sauce.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Salt | 1 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.
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.
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.
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Cream + milktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together29,399 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
- Rice (in the method)
- Forms the body of the soufflé, giving the set mixture its bulk and soft structure.
- Milk
- Slowly cooks with the rice into a creamy, moist base that carries the dish's flavor.
- Cream
- Whipped to hold air, it lightens the texture and adds richness and fat.
The step that matters
Stir the whipped cream into the cold rice. Whipped cream holds air bubbles that give the soufflé its lightness. If the rice mixture is still warm, the cream can deflate or melt. Stirring gently keeps as much air as possible in the mixture.
“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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