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To Boil an Almond Pudding

A sweet pudding made from almonds, rose water, wine, butter, eggs, cream, sugar, nutmeg, flour, and bread crumbs, boiled for half an hour.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,115 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

To Boil an Almond Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Beat the almonds as small as possible.

  2. Mix in the rose water and white wine.

Mix and boil

  1. Add the melted butter, egg yolks, egg whites, cream, sugar, grated nutmeg, flour, and bread crumbs, then mix all ingredients well.

  2. Boil the mixture for half an hour.

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. Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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

  3. White wine + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet almonds
Provide the main body and nutty flavour of the pudding.
Egg yolks
Enrich the custard and help it set as the mixture heats.
Egg whites
Add structure and lightness, helping the pudding hold its shape as it sets.
Fresh butter
Adds richness and a smooth, moist texture.
Cream
Adds richness and moisture, giving a soft, tender texture.
Flour
Thickens the mixture slightly and adds structure.

The step that matters

Boil the mixture for half an hour. Egg proteins set with heat and can curdle or turn grainy if the mixture boils too hard or sits without stirring. Keep the heat gentle and the mixture moving so it cooks evenly and stays smooth.

“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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