Why it works: Raisin and cinnamon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,390 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Grape Nut Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the batter
Beat two eggs separately.
Combine one cup of grape nuts, three tablespoons of light brown sugar, one cup of seeded raisins, one cup of sweet milk, and the beaten eggs.
Add one cup of pecans and one-third teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg.
Steam and serve
Steam for one hour.
Serve with pudding sauce.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Pecan | 1 half (4g) | 20 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
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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Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,390 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Pecans + cinnamontop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,047 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
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Grape + cinnamontop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,164 recipes
Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).
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Nuts + pecanstop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together121 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together12,655 recipes
Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Bind the mixture and help it set into a firm, sliceable pudding when heated.
- Grape nuts
- Absorb the milk and give the pudding its body and grainy texture.
- Sweet milk
- Provides the liquid that hydrates the grape nuts and eggs, keeping the pudding moist.
- Light brown sugar
- Adds sweetness and a molasses-like depth of flavor.
- Seeded raisins
- Add chewy pockets of sweetness throughout the pudding.
- Pecans
- Add crunch and richness against the soft, moist pudding.
The step that matters
Steam for one hour. Eggs set gently at moderate heat. If the steam is too vigorous or the pudding is overcooked, the eggs tighten and the texture turns spongy or rubbery instead of smooth and tender.
Swap the grape
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (nuts, sugar, raisin, milk, pecans, cinnamon, egg):
- Vanillafits better
- Figfits better
- Datesfits better
- Grapethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against nuts, sugar, raisin, milk, pecans, cinnamon, egg. 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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