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Potato-and-apple Pudding

A baked pudding made from stewed apples, mashed potatoes, eggs, butter, sugar, and lemon rind.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,230 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Potato-and-apple Pudding

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the mixture

  1. In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until smooth.

  2. Add one egg, stir it in, then add the second egg and beat well.

  3. Mix in the stewed apples and mashed potatoes.

  4. Grate the lemon rind and add it to the mixture.

Bake and serve

  1. Butter a mold well, pour in the mixture, and bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 30 minutes.

  2. Once done, turn out onto a hot dish and serve with a suitable sauce.

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. Lemon + potatotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,230 recipes

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

  2. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

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

  3. Apple + potatotop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Lemon + appletop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,551 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Apple + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,706 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the mixture and help it set into a firm, sliceable pudding when baked.
Butter
Adds richness and tenderness by coating flour-free starch and sugar during creaming.
Sugar
Sweetens the pudding and helps trap air when creamed with butter.
Stewed apples
Add moisture and fruity sweetness, keeping the pudding soft after baking.
Mashed potatoes
Add body and moisture, giving the pudding a dense, tender crumb.
Lemon rind
Adds bright aroma that balances the sweetness of the apples and sugar.

The step that matters

Beating in the eggs with the creamed butter and sugar. Adding eggs too quickly or cold can make the mixture curdle and lose its smooth, airy texture. Adding them gradually and beating well keeps the batter emulsified, so the pudding bakes evenly.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Potatothe original

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

“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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