Why it works: Milk and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19,187 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓
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Ingredients
Directions
Scald one quart of milk, mix one half cup corn starch with milk enough to make it pour, and stir into the hot milk, adding two tablCvSpoonfuls of sugar, and cook fifteen minutes. Take off the fire and turn into a dish, add whites three eggs beaten to a froth, beat the whole well and pour into mould with one teaspoonful vanilla. Serve with sance.
COIiXXMBTAK LBMON PUDBING.
Two lemons, two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, one and one half cups granulated sugar, three eggs. Grate rind of one lemon, squeeze juice and pulp of two lemons. Beat yolks of the egg with Dortion
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of the sugar, then add balance of sugar and grated rind and juice. Mix cornstarch with a little water; add boiling water until thick and clear. Add the ingredients previously mixed, and stir until smooth and well mixed. Pour into pudding dish, Cool a little, set into the oven to brown for a few minutes. Beat the whites stiff, add a little powdered sugar, pour on top of pudding, and brown slightly. May be served warm or cold.
LEMON POBBINaS IN CXTPS.
Take three rounded tablespoonfuls butter, five even tablespoonsfuls of sugar, yolks of three eggs, and juice and grated peel of one lemon. Mix together over the fire in saucepan, beating continu- ally for five minutes till it thickens slightly. Add the whites of three eggs, beaten stiff. Continue beating off the fire for at least five minutes. Pour into small buttered and ^sugared cups, filling about half full. Set cups in pan of hot water, put in oven and bake forty five minutes.
Serve with sauce made of one cup boiling milk, into which a teaspoonful of corn starch, a teaspoon- ful flour, a tablespoonful of sugar and one beaten egg is stirred. Beat the sauce two minutes, after adding cornstarch, flour and egg. Putin teaspoon- ful vanilla, and serve. These lemon puddings should be like a souffle.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
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.
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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.
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Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together19,187 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Vanilla + sugartop 8% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together35,032 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
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Corn + vanillatop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,943 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Milk + corntop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together6,955 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
Vanilla and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 35,032 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
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, corn, vanilla, sugar, egg, butter):
- Coconutfits better
- Figfits better
- Peachfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against milk, corn, vanilla, sugar, egg, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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