Name: Beown Betty Pudding
Ingredients: two cups of chopped apples; 14 cup of sugar; 3 tablespoons of milk; 2 teaspoon of cinnamon; two cups of grated carrots; 2 cups of grated potatoes; 1 cup of currants; 1 cup of raisins; 2 cup of citron; 1 teaspoon of nutmeg; 1 teaspoon of cloves; 1 cup of butter; 2 cups of flour; 1 cup of sugar; 3 teaspoons of baking powder; 3 beaten eggs; nutmeg; cloves; cinnamon; salt

Why it works: Cinnamon and raisin 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 ↓

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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.

Cinnamon + raisintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,390 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,598 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Cinnamon + carrottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together981 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).
Milk + potatotop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,611 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs: Bind the batter and help it set into a firm pudding as it steams.
Flour: Provides starch and gluten that give the pudding its body and structure.
Butter: Adds fat that makes the pudding richer and more tender.
Baking powder: Releases gas that lifts the batter so the pudding is lighter.
Grated carrots: Add moisture and natural sweetness to the batter.
Chopped apples: Add moisture and a little tartness that keeps the pudding moist.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (apple, sugar, milk, cinnamon, carrot, potato, raisin):

Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Orangefits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against apple, sugar, milk, cinnamon, carrot, potato, raisin. 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
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Beown Betty Pudding