Why it works: Flour and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50,459 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Meat Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Boil a large saucepan full of cold water.
Chop the suet as fine as possible and sprinkle a little flour over it to prevent sticking.
In a basin, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
Add the chopped suet to the flour and rub it in with your hands until there are no lumps.
Gradually add about ½ pint of cold water to form a paste and mix well.
On a plate, mix the salt and pepper together.
Slice the buttock steak into pieces about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide, removing all skin.
Slice the kidney into pieces.
Dip each slice of meat and kidney into the seasoning mixture.
Grease a quart basin well with dripping.
Roll out the paste on a floured board, keeping your hands floured to prevent sticking.
Set aside one-third of the paste for the cover of the pudding.
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.
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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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Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together50,459 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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