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Chicken and Macaroni Pudding

A baked or steamed pudding made with macaroni, ham, chicken, egg, butter, and flavored stock.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Ham and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,497 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Chicken and Macaroni Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Boil the macaroni in flavored stock until tender but not broken.

  2. In a bowl, mix the cooked macaroni with the chopped ham and chicken.

  3. Add the beaten egg and the butter, mixing well.

Cook and serve

  1. Pour the mixture into a buttered mold and tie it in a cloth.

  2. Boil or steam for one hour.

  3. Serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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 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.

  1. Ham + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Chicken + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,902 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Ham + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Pipe macaroni
Forms the bulk of the pudding and gives it a firm, starchy body once cooked.
Chicken
Provides the main savory protein and firm texture in the set pudding.
Ham
Adds salty, savory flavor that contrasts with the mild macaroni and chicken.
Egg
Binds the ingredients together and sets when cooked, holding the pudding in shape.
Butter
Adds richness and fat, improving flavor and moistness of the pudding.

The step that matters

Boil the macaroni until tender but not broken. Overcooked macaroni turns mushy and loses its shape, while undercooked pasta stays hard. Stopping at tender keeps the pieces intact so the pudding holds texture after steaming.

“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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