Why it works: Bread and mace are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,005 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓
Suet Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Make the batter
Combine 2 cups chopped bread, yz cup chopped suet, ^ cup molasses, 1 egg, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup sweet milk, ^ teaspoonful soda dissolved in milk, % teaspoonful cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, pinch mace, and pinch salt.
Boil and serve
Boil 2 hours in the boiler.
Serve with foamy sauce.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Bread | 1 slice (30g) white | 79 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Mace | not in our table | 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.
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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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Bread + macetop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,005 recipes
Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Chopped bread
- Provides the body of the pudding and soaks up the liquid to hold a moist crumb.
- Suet (in the method)
- Adds fat that keeps the pudding rich and tender as it cooks.
- Molasses (in the method)
- Adds sweetness, dark color and moisture, and its mild acidity reacts with the soda.
- Egg (in the method)
- Binds the mixture and helps it set firm when cooked.
- Raisins (in the method)
- Add sweetness and chewy pockets of fruit throughout the pudding.
- Soda (in the method)
- Reacts with the molasses' acidity to release gas and lighten the batter.
The step that matters
Boil 2 hours in the boiler. Long, gentle boiling cooks the dense batter fully through without drying it out. Cooking too briefly leaves the center wet and heavy, so the full time matters.
“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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