Why it works: Sugar and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Snow Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the gelatine and sugar syrup
Soak the gelatine in 1 quart of water for 1 hour.
Pour 2 cups of sugar over 1 pint of boiling water and stir until dissolved.
Set the mixture aside to cool until it begins to congeal.
Finish the pudding
Add the well-beaten egg whites and mix thoroughly.
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.
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.
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Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a soft, wobbly structure as it cools.
- Egg whites
- Whipped air bubbles make the pudding light and foamy.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps dissolve the gelatine mixture smoothly.
The step that matters
Adding the egg whites. The mixture should be partly set but still soft. If it is too liquid, the whites deflate and the pudding stays runny; if it is too firm, the whites will not blend in evenly, leaving lumps and a dense texture.
“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.
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