Why it works: Molasses and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,429 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Huckleberry Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Make the pudding
In a large bowl, combine molasses, huckleberries, flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until well combined.
Pour the mixture into a greased pudding mold.
Steam and serve
Steam for 1½ hours.
Serve with a liquid sauce of your choice.
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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Molasses + flourtop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10,429 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Molasses
- Adds sweetness, dark color, and moisture to the batter.
- Huckleberries
- Add fruit flavor and moisture, and create pockets of juice in the pudding.
- Flour
- Provides the structure that holds the pudding together as it steams.
- Baking soda
- Reacts with the molasses's acidity to lift and lighten the batter.
The step that matters
Filling the greased mold. Grease keeps the pudding from sticking when it is unmolded. Batter should fill the mold without being packed, since the pudding rises as it steams.
“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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