Name: Pudding a LA Mariniere
Ingredients: half pound each of flour; 1/4 pound currants; 4 eggs

Why it works: Flour and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Pudding a LA Mariniere

Ingredients

half pound each of flour
1/4 pound currants
4 eggs

Directions

Prepare

Gather half a pound each of flour and beef suet, a quarter pound of currants, and four eggs.
Mix the ingredients into a paste with a little water, then roll it out flat.
Place a small preserving pot of apple jam in the center.
Fasten the dough around the jam to form a round pudding.
Tie the pudding in cloth.

Cook

Boil for one hour.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

595Calories

20 gProtein

7 gFat

112 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62

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

By Margaret Brown. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

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.

Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together106,462 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Currant + eggtop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together8,734 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Flour + curranttop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together8,077 recipes

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 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

What each ingredient does

Flour: Forms the paste and gives the pudding its structure as it cooks.
Currants: Add small pockets of sweetness and fruity flavour throughout the pudding.
Eggs: Bind the dough and help hold its shape while it cooks.