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Bombay Pudding

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Nutmeg and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Bombay Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

  1. "The Housekeeper's Friend."

  2. To a good, sweet custard, add a little butter, a little nutmeg , and a glass of wine. Mix in a grated cocoanut. Line a dish with puff paste, fill and bake a light brown.

  3. BREAD PUDDING, NO. I.

  4. "The Housekeeper's Friend."

  5. Cut a loaf of baker's bread in slices, spread each with butter, put it in a pan and pour a quart of boiling milk over it, letting it stand over night. In the morning add 7 eggs (very light), \ pound sugar, 1 pound raisins, and spices to taste, cinnamon, nutmeg and mace. Bake as you would pound cake and eat with a sauce.

  6. BREAD PUDDING, NO. 2.

  7. Miss Bertha Truax.

  8. Beat 3 eggs very light, add 1 quart milk, sugar, vanilla and allspice to taste, and about a cup of bread crumbs. Bake till done. Serve with cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

767Calories
28 gProtein
16 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Macenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Nutmeg + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,331 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Nutmeg + macetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,557 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

Swap the mace

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raisin, milk, bread, egg, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice):

  1. Clovefits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Macethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against raisin, milk, bread, egg, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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