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Macaroni Pudding

A baked or boiled pudding of macaroni mixed with boiled chicken, ham, egg, cream, cheese, salt, and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Macaroni 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.

Prepare

  1. Mince together equal portions of boiled chicken and boiled ham.

  2. Add the beaten egg, sweet cream, grated cheese, salt, and pepper.

  3. Mix in the boiled macaroni.

Cook and serve

  1. Transfer the mixture to a buttered pudding mold.

  2. Cover closely and simmer in boiling water for about 1 hour, or bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven.

  3. Serve with any sauce you like.

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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  3. Chicken + hamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Chicken + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,936 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Cream + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,655 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Beaten egg
Binds the mixture and helps it set firm when cooked.
Sweet cream
Adds moisture and richness so the pudding stays tender.
Grated cheese
Adds savoury flavour and helps bind the mixture as it melts.
Boiled macaroni
Provides bulk and a soft, starchy body to the pudding.

The step that matters

Covering the mold closely while cooking. A tight cover traps steam so the pudding cooks gently and stays moist. If the mold is left open or the water boils too hard, the surface can dry out or the texture can turn rubbery.

“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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