Plum Pudding

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. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together11,466 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

2. Plum + milktop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together406 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

3. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together22,662 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

4. Bread + plumtop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together88 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

5. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together88,785 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Suet

Adds richness and fat that keeps the pudding moist and tender as it cooks.

Grated bread

Forms the body of the pudding, soaking up liquid to give it structure.

Eggs

Bind the mixture and help it set firm as it cooks.

French plums

Provide fruit flavour and sweetness throughout the pudding.

Sugar

Adds sweetness and helps balance the richness of the suet.

Swap the plum

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

1. Vanillafits better
2. Figfits better
3. Datesfits better
4. Plumthe original

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