Why it works: Rice and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,374 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Lausanne Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
In a bowl, combine the boiled rice, eggs, and milk.
Season with pepper and salt to taste. Mix well until all ingredients are combined.
Shape and fry
Shape the mixture into small croquettes.
Fry the croquettes in hot oil until golden brown.
Serve
Serve warm.
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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Rice + milktop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together7,374 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Rice + peppertop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,379 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Egg + milktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together88,785 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Milk + peppertop 22% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together26,984 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Rice + eggtop 28% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,350 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Boiled rice
- Forms the bulk of the croquette and gives it a starchy body that holds its shape.
- Eggs
- Bind the rice together and set when heated, helping the croquettes hold their shape.
- Milk
- Adds moisture to the mixture, keeping the interior soft against the crisp fried exterior.
The step that matters
Fry the croquettes in hot oil until golden brown. If the oil is not hot enough, the croquettes absorb excess oil and turn greasy, and they may fall apart. Hot oil quickly sets the outside into a crisp, browned crust.
“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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