Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Snow Ice Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Dissolve the gelatin in 1 pint of water.
Beat the egg whites until stiff.
Add 2 cups of sugar and sweeten and flavor to taste.
Make the pudding
When the gelatin is cool, gradually mix it with the egg whites.
Beat the mixture for at least 30 minutes.
Serve
Use the egg yolks to make a boiled custard to serve with 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.
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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Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a light, firm structure as it cools.
- Egg whites
- Whipped into a foam that gives the pudding its airy, light texture.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps the beaten egg white foam hold its shape.
The step that matters
Gradually mix the cooled gelatin into the egg whites. Gelatin must be cool but still liquid. If it is warm, it can deflate the beaten foam, and adding it slowly keeps the air evenly distributed so the pudding stays light.
“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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