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Cold Rice Dessert

A chilled dessert of cooked rice, milk, and whipped cream, sweetened with maple syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,374 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Cold Rice Dessert

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the rice

  1. Wash the rice in cold water.

  2. Boil the rice in 3 pints of water with salt for 10 minutes.

  3. Drain the water and add 1½ pints of milk.

  4. Cook in a double boiler for 3 to 5 hours.

Finish and serve

  1. Once cold, stir enough rice into whipped cream to create a fluffy pudding.

  2. Drop spoonfuls into individual dishes.

  3. Serve with maple syrup.

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. Rice + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  2. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

  3. Milk + maple syruptop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Cream + maple syruptop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together607 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Rice + creamtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Carolina rice
Swells and softens as it absorbs liquid, thickening the milk into a creamy base.
Milk
Supplies liquid and richness, letting the rice cook into a soft, creamy pudding.
Whipped cream
Adds air and fat, making the cold pudding light and fluffy.
Maple syrup
Adds sweetness and a warm, woody aroma.

The step that matters

Cook the rice gently in the double boiler. Gentle, low heat in a double boiler keeps the milk from scorching while the rice slowly absorbs liquid and softens. Too much heat can burn the milk and leave the rice grainy or stuck.

“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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