Name: Potato Pudding
Ingredients: 1 pound of potatoes; 3 ounces fresh butter; 2 ounces of pounded loaf sugar; 1 pound of currants can be added; 4 raw eggs may be added

Why it works: Potato and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,456 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Potato Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

Boil 1 pound of potatoes.
Mash while hot.
Stir in 3 ounces fresh butter, 2 ounces of pounded loaf sugar, rind and juice of half a lemon, and a little cream.
Butter a dish.
Lay all into it.

Bake and serve

Bake 30 minutes in a moderately hot oven.
The yolks of 4 raw eggs may be added.
Brandy or Madeira can be used instead of lemon juice.
1 pound of currants can be added.
If boiled, serve with wine sauce.
If baked, use thin puff paste to line and cover dish.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

452Calories

11 gProtein

17 gFat

66 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Grape	1/2 cup (76g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49

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.

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.

Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,456 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + curranttop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,856 recipes

Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).
Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Potatoes: Form the bulk of the pudding and give it a soft, tender body when mashed.
Fresh butter: Adds richness and fat, giving the pudding a smooth, moist texture.
Loaf sugar: Adds sweetness and helps the pudding brown lightly in the oven.
Eggs: Add structure and set the pudding when baked, if included.