Why it works: Onion and sage are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,628 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
Savoury Batter Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Mix the chopped onions, Yorkshire pudding batter, and sage together in a bowl.
Bake and serve
Pour the mixture into a dripping tin greased with a little hot dripping to a depth of half an inch.
Bake for about 30 minutes.
Cut into squares and serve with gravy and roast pork.
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.
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Onion + sagetop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,628 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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What each ingredient does
- Yorkshire pudding batter
- Forms the set, airy base that rises and crisps in the hot fat.
- Chopped onions
- Add moisture and savory sweetness as they soften within the batter.
- Sage
- Contributes a herbal aroma that flavors the batter.
The step that matters
Greasing the tin with hot dripping. The tin and fat must be very hot before the batter goes in. Hot fat starts cooking the batter on contact, helping it puff and crisp instead of sinking and turning greasy.
“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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