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Sultana Egg

A sweet custard made from egg whites, apples, coconut milk, and coconut, flavored with vanilla and cinnamon, served with flaked rice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and vanilla match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,294 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓

Sultana Egg

Ingredients

Directions

Make the egg mixture

  1. Froth the egg whites until stiff peaks form.

  2. Beat the frothy egg whites into the finely scraped apples until smooth and white.

  3. Add the coconut milk and finely ground coconut, mixing well.

  4. Flavor with vanilla extract and cinnamon water.

Serve

  1. Serve with flaked rice.

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. Coconut + vanillatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  2. Vanilla + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Coconut + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Apple + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cinnamon + ricetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg whites
Whipped to stiff peaks, they trap air and give the dessert its light, airy texture.
Apples
Finely scraped, they add body, moisture and a mild fruity sweetness to the mixture.
Coconut milk
Adds richness, moisture and fat, giving the mixture a creamy body.
Finely ground coconut
Adds texture and coconut flavour, and thickens the mixture slightly.

The step that matters

Beating the frothy egg whites into the apples. Whites that are only partly whipped or over-beaten will not hold the air needed for a light, smooth texture. Fold or beat gently so the air stays in the mixture and it turns smooth and white rather than deflating.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, coconut, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, rice):

  1. Blueberryfits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, coconut, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, rice. 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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