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To Boil an Almond Pudding

A sweet pudding made by boiling almonds, rose water, wine, butter, eggs, cream, sugar, nutmeg, flour, and breadcrumbs.

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 until very fine.

  2. Mix in the rose water and white wine.

Make the pudding

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

  2. Boil the mixture for 30 minutes.

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 bulk and nutty flavor of the pudding, thickened as they are ground fine.
Egg yolks
Thicken the mixture as they set with heat and add richness.
Egg whites
Add lightness and help give the pudding structure as they set.
Fresh butter
Adds richness and a smooth, moist texture.
Cream
Adds richness and moisture, giving a softer, creamier set.
Bread crumbs
Absorb liquid and help bind the mixture into a firmer body.

The step that matters

Boil the mixture for 30 minutes. Boiling sets the eggs and thickens the mixture. Too little heat leaves it runny, while too much heat or stirring can curdle the eggs and make the texture grainy.

“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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