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Raspberry -Jam Pudding

A pudding made with almonds, breadcrumbs, sugar, milk, eggs, butter, and raspberry jam.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and raspberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 552 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Raspberry -Jam Pudding

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the batter

  1. Blanch the sweet and bitter almonds, then beat them together.

  2. In a basin, combine the beaten almonds, breadcrumbs, sugar, and milk.

  3. Beat the eggs well and stir them into the mixture along with the warmed butter.

Bake

  1. Butter a baking dish and spread a thick layer of raspberry jam at the bottom.

  2. Pour the mixture from the basin into the baking dish.

  3. Place the baking dish inside a larger dish with a little water and bake at 350°F (175°C) until cooked.

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.

Explore the science

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 + raspberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

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

  4. Milk + raspberrytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,014 recipes

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

  5. Butter + raspberrytop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,308 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the batter and help it set into a firm, sliceable pudding.
Butter
Adds richness and a tender texture to the crumb.
Breadcrumbs
Give body to the batter and soak up the milk for a soft structure.
Sweet almonds
Provide the main nutty flavour and a fine, moist texture.
Sugar
Sweetens the pudding and helps it brown lightly in the oven.
Milk
Adds moisture so the batter bakes soft rather than dry.

The step that matters

Place the baking dish inside a larger dish with water. A water bath surrounds the pudding with gentle, even heat, so the eggs set smoothly without curdling or drying at the edges.

Swap the raspberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, sugar, milk, egg, butter):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Raspberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, sugar, milk, egg, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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