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Almond Pudding in Cups

A baked pudding made from sweet almond paste, bitter almonds, butter, eggs, cream, sweet wine, spices, and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cream 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 ↓

Almond Pudding in Cups

Oven, in the book's wordsA slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a slow oven”. The 300°F in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Make the batter

  1. Mix the sweet almond paste with the bitter almonds and butter until smooth.

  2. Add the eggs, cream, sweet wine, spice, and sugar; mix well.

Fill and bake

  1. Grease the cups with butter and fill them halfway with the mixture.

  2. If desired, cover the tops with a layer of sweet paste.

  3. Bake in a slow oven (300°F / 150°C) until the tops are colored.

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. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

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

  2. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Almond + buttertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Butter + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Almond + creamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet almond paste
Provides the main almond flavour and a dense, moist body to the pudding.
Eggs
Set when baked, giving the pudding structure and a custard-like texture.
Butter
Adds richness and fat, contributing to a tender crumb.
Rich cream
Adds moisture and richness, softening the set texture.
Sweet wine
Adds moisture and aromatic sweetness to the mixture.

The step that matters

Baking until the tops are colored. The slow oven sets the eggs gently so the pudding stays tender. Baking too hot or too long can cause it to curdle, dry out, or over-brown before the centre is set.

“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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