Name: Graham Pudding
Ingredients: 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoonful nutmeg steam 3 hours; 1 teaspoonful nutmeg steam 3 hours; 2 teaspoonfuls soda 1 cupful molasses v2 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sweet mil; 1 cupful molasses v2 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sweet milk 1 teaspoonful cloves; 1 cupful sweet milk 1 teaspoonful cloves 2 cupfuls graham flour 1 teaspoonful; 1 teaspoonful cloves 2 cupfuls graham flour 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful ch; 2 cupfuls graham flour 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoo; 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoonful nutmeg steam 3 h

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 ↓

Graham Pudding

Ingredients

1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoonful nutmeg steam 3 hours
1 teaspoonful nutmeg steam 3 hours
2 teaspoonfuls soda 1 cupful molasses v2 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sweet mil
1 cupful molasses v2 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful sweet milk 1 teaspoonful cloves
1 cupful sweet milk 1 teaspoonful cloves 2 cupfuls graham flour 1 teaspoonful
1 teaspoonful cloves 2 cupfuls graham flour 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful ch
2 cupfuls graham flour 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoo
1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1 cupful chopped raisins 1 teaspoonful nutmeg steam 3 h

Directions

Add 2 teaspoons soda.
Add 1 cup molasses and 2 teaspoons salt.
Add 1 cup sweet milk and 1 teaspoon cloves.
Add 2 cups graham flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 cup chopped raisins, and 1 teaspoon nutmeg.
Steam for 3 hours. Serve with sweet sauce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

798Calories

22 gProtein

11 gFat

155 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
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

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

By Johnson, Vt. Congregational 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.

Nutmeg + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,189 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Nutmeg + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,686 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Raisin + flourtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,075 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Raisin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,390 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Graham flour: Forms the body of the pudding, giving it a dense, hearty structure as it steams.
Molasses: Adds moisture, dark color, and a deep sweetness to the pudding.
Soda: Reacts with the molasses's acidity to help the pudding rise and lighten.
Raisins: Add chewy pockets of sweetness throughout the pudding.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (raisin, nutmeg, molasses, milk, flour, cinnamon):

Cardamomfits about as well
Clovethe original
Allspicefits about as well
Gingerfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against raisin, nutmeg, molasses, milk, flour, cinnamon. 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.