Name: Cranberry Pudding
Ingredients: 1 teaspoonful soda iv2 cupfuls cranberries steam 2 hours; 1 cupful chopped suet 1 egg 1 cupful raisins 2 teaspoonfuls baking spice; 1 cupful raisins 2 teaspoonfuls baking spice; 2 teaspoonfuls baking spice; 3 eggs 3 cupfuls flour v2 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls cream tar- v2 cupful b; 3 cupfuls flour v2 cupful sugar 2 teaspoonfuls cream tar- v2 cupful butter t; 2 teaspoonfuls cream tar- v2 cupful butter tar % cupful milk 1 teaspoonful s; 1 cupful sweet milk 1 cupful currants 1 cupful molasses 3 cupfuls flour 1 cu; 1 cupful currants 1 cupful molasses 3 cupfuls flour 1 cupful chopped suet 1; 1 cupful molasses 3 cupfuls flour 1 cupful chopped suet 1 egg 1 cupful raisi; 3 cupfuls flour 1 cupful chopped suet 1 egg 1 cupful raisins 2 teaspoonfuls; 1 egg 1 cupful raisins 2 teaspoonfuls baking spice

Why it works: Raisin and flour 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 ↓

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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.

Raisin + flourtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,075 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Raisin + curranttop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together6,180 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs: Bind the batter and add structure as they set during cooking.
Flour: Forms the main structure of the pudding as the starch sets with heat.
Sugar: Adds sweetness and helps keep the pudding moist.
Cream of tartar: Adds acidity that reacts with soda to help the pudding rise.
Baking soda: Produces gas when it meets the acid, lightening the texture.
Cranberries: Add tart flavour and moisture that contrasts with the sweet batter.

The step that matters

Add 1 cupful milk and 1 teaspoonful soda.. Baking soda reacts with acid as soon as it meets liquid, so the batter should be finished and cooked promptly to keep the rising power.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, raisin, flour, sugar, cream, butter, milk):

Vanillafits better
Figfits better
Coconutfits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, raisin, flour, sugar, cream, butter, milk. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

Cranberry Pudding