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Iced Rice Pudding with a Compote of Oranges

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,352 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Iced Rice Pudding with a Compote of Oranges

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Rub y-2 cup rice well in a towel; put it on to boil in 1 pt. cold water; boif 1/2 hour; drain; cover with 1 pt. milk, and boil V2 l^our longer. Whife this is boiling, whip 1 pt. cream; add what drains from the whipped cream to the rice and milk; press the rice througli a wire sieve and return it to the farina boiler ; beat together the yolks of 6 eggs and li/o cups sugar; then pour over the boiling rice; stir well; return again to the fire and cook two minutes, or until it be- pns to thicken; take from the fire; add 1 tablespoon Royce's ex- tract of vanilla, and turn out to cool. AVhen cool, put into freezer and freeze. When frozen, stir in the whipped cre.am; smootli down. and let stand for two hours packed in salt and ice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

296Calories
11 gProtein
6 gFat
46 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

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

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [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.

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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. Rice + vanillatop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,352 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Vanilla + eggtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together27,347 recipes

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

  3. Rice + eggtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,350 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

Vanilla and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 27,347 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

Swap the vanilla

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, egg):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Vanillathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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