Why it works: Wheat and cream work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 681 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Wheat, with Fruit, or Durham Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
The book says “a very slow oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.
Wash the wheat well and place it in a jar.
Cover the wheat with cold water and soak for 12 hours.
Add a little coarse sea salt.
Bake in a slow oven at 300°F (150°C) until tender, about 4 to 6 hours.
Spoon the wheat into saucers and create a hollow in the middle.
Fill the hollow with stewed, sweetened fruit.
Top with a spoonful of cream and serve.
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.
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Wheat + creamtop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together681 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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