Why it works: Raisin and coconut work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 183 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Corn Mush Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
In the morning, make a thick mush with cornmeal.
Place it where it can simmer slowly for 7 to 8 hours.
Add desired raisins 1 hour before it's done.
Stir in enough grated coconut to flavor just before removing from heat.
Pour into molds to cool.
Serve the next day with or without currant or fig sauce.
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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Raisin + coconuttop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together183 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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