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Nut and Date Pudding

A baked pudding made with pecans, dates, bread crumbs, powdered sugar, and eggs, served with whipped cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,662 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Nut and Date Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. Cut the pecans and dates into small pieces.

  2. Mix the chopped pecans and dates with 1 cup bread crumbs and ½ cup powdered sugar.

  3. Add the yolks of 3 eggs and beat until light.

  4. Fold in the beaten whites of the eggs.

Bake and serve

  1. Pour the mixture into a buttered pudding dish.

  2. Bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes.

  3. Serve with whipped cream.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
19 gProtein
6 gFat
96 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Egg1 large egg (50g)78

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

By Hamilton, Ohio. First Methodist Episcopal church. [from old catalog]. 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.

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.

  1. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whites trap air for lightness, while yolks enrich the batter and help it set.
Bread crumbs
Provide the body that holds the pudding together and keeps it moist.
Dates (in the method)
Add chewy texture and natural sweetness.
Pecans (in the method)
Add crunch and a toasted, nutty flavor.
Powdered sugar (in the method)
Adds sweetness and dissolves smoothly into the mixture.

The step that matters

Fold in the beaten whites of the eggs. Beaten egg whites hold air bubbles that give the pudding its lift. Stirring or mixing vigorously deflates them, leaving a denser result, so fold gently with a spatula until just combined.

“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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