Name: Ss White Hogs’ Puddings
Ingredients: ½ pound blanched almonds, chopped; 1 pound grated bread; 2 pounds marrow or suet; 1 pound currants; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon ground mace; ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 quart cream; 6 egg yolks; 2 egg whites; 1 tablespoon orange flower water; ¼ cup fine sugar; ¼ cup lemon peel, chopped; ¼ cup citron, sliced

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

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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.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,189 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together8,686 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Almond + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,514 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,115 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, bread, cinnamon, clove, mace, nutmeg, cream):

Figfits better
Vanillafits better
Raisinfits better
Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, bread, cinnamon, clove, mace, nutmeg, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ss White Hogs’ Puddings