Why it works: Egg and raisin are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,556 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Baked Suet Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
In a bowl, beat the eggs and mix in the salt.
If desired, fold in the stoned raisins.
Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish.
Bake for 30-40 minutes until set and golden.
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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Egg + raisintop 23% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,556 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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