Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Pan Cakes, Fritters, Etc
Ingredients
Directions
French Pan Cakes — Beat separately the whites and yolks of 4 eggs ; then put them together, adding 1 cup of milk, half a cupful of flour, a pinch of salt, the grated rind of a lemon and a teaspoonful of melted butter. Fry in small pancakes, turning once ; then spread each with a little fruit jelly, roll into a cone and sprinkle with powdered sugar. The pancakes are eaten piping hot.
Batter for Fritters — Put }i of a pound of flour in a pud- ding bowl, melt 2 ounces of butter in a little warm water, blow the butter off the water into the flour, stir well, add the water, and when the paste is perfectly smooth moisten with enough warm water to make it a proper consistency; add a pinch of salt and 2 whipped whites of eggs, when the batter will be ready for use. If required for sweet fritters, employ milk instead of water.
A Good Batter for Fritters — Yolks of 2 eggs beaten well, add y2 cupful of milk or water, 1 tablespoonful of olive oil, saltspoon of salt, 1 cup of flour or enough to make almost a drop batter. When ready to use add whites of the eggs beaten stiff. If intended for fruit fritters add 1 teaspoonful of sugar. If for clams add teaspoonful of vinegar.
M. E. WILSON.
Pan Cakes— Make a batter of flour, milk, yolks of eggs, a pinch of salt and a little brandy. Melt some butter in a frying pan. Pour in a large tablespoonful of batter at a time. When done on one side, turn, sprinkle with powdered sugar, fold up in shape of small omelette and serve.
Apple Fritters — Peel some fine russet apples and cut them into quarters, soak for an hour in brandy, flavored with cinnamon and green lemon peel, after which drain them and dip in a thin batter. Fry in melted lard, or butter. When a good color, place on a baking dish, sprinkle with sugar and glaze in the oven. Serve very hot.
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Orange Fritters — Peel your oranges, cut them into quar- ters, remove the pips and cover with powdered sugar. Dip into batter and fry in boiling lard, drain and dish up sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Apricot Fritters With Brandy — Cut your apricots into halves, remove the stones and place each piece between 2 round slices of bread which have been soaked in brandy. Dip into batter and fry in hot butter or lard until a golden brown. Drain, sprinkle with sugar and glaze in oven.
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PUDDINGS and DESSERTS
The proof of the pudding is the eating.
Dennison Pudding — One cup of butter, 1 cup of New Orleans molasses, 2 eggs, 1 cup seedless raisins, 1 cup cur- rants, 3 cups of flour, 1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water, 1 tablespoonful cloves, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 1 tea- spoonful salt. Work butter and molasses together. Put in moulds and steam 3^ hours.
Sauce for Pudding — One cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 1 tablespoonful cornstarch, Yz grated nutmeg, 2 eggs, 1 cup of sherry and Yz cup of whisky. Pour over whole of this 1 pint of boiling water. MRS. WILSON ROTHERMEL.
Ashburton Pudding — Four cups of flour, 1 cup of suet, chopped fine, 3 cups of raisins seeded, 1 cup of molasses, 1 cup of milk, 1 teaspoonful soda, dissolved in milk. Mix well and boil 3 hours in a large bag or mould.
Sauce for Pudding — One-fourth pound butter melted, ^ pound of sugar, 2 eggs well beaten, 1 tumbler of sherry wine. Cook in double boiler until creamy.
MRS. WM. BRUSSTAR.
Apple or Peach Dumplings (Six Dumplings) — One pint of flour sifted with 1 heaping teaspoonful baking powder and a pinch of salt. Piece of butter size of an ^%^, rubbed into flour. Enough milk to make a soft dough. Roll into an oblong shaped piece about the thickness of pie crust. Cut into six long narrow strips. Lay on the fruit cut into small pieces or slices, and sprinkle with sugar. Roll each strip and stand on end in a pan, giving them plenty of room. Pour into the pan a syrup made of >4 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of butter. Fill the cup with boiilng water. Bake the dumplings in this syrup from 20 minutes to Yi hour.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Brandy | not in our table | 0 |
| Dumpling | 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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Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together9,075 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together81,283 recipes
Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
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Raisin + clovetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,070 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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Olive + clovetop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,866 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Sugar + molassestop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,225 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, butter, olive, flour, sugar, molasses, raisin):
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Fit is the average pairing score against milk, butter, olive, flour, sugar, molasses, raisin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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