Susie's Bread Pudding

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together27,232 recipes

   Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together81,283 recipes

   Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

3. Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together11,466 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together22,662 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

5. Milk + lemontop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together19,053 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs

Set the custard and add richness and structure to the pudding.

Milk

Provides the liquid that softens the bread and forms the custard base.

Fine dry bread crumbs

Absorb the milk and eggs to give the pudding its body.

Egg whites

Whipped into an airy meringue that forms the topping.

Sugar

Adds sweetness to the custard and the meringue.

Melted butter

Adds fat for a smoother, richer texture.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, egg, bread, butter, sugar):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Figfits better
3. Peachfits about as well
4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, egg, bread, butter, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.