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Raspberry Pudding, Russian

A baked raspberry pudding made with eggs, flour, sugar, and sour cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Raspberry Pudding, Russian

Oven, in the book's wordsA very slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a very slow oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the fruit

  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

  2. Place the raspberries in a pie dish and heat in the oven until warm.

Make and bake the pudding

  1. In a bowl, combine the flour and sugar, then add the eggs and sour cream, beating until smooth.

  2. Pour the mixture over the raspberries without mixing.

  3. Bake until the pudding is pale in color.

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. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

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

  2. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

  3. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + creamtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  5. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Raspberries
Provide the fruit base, moisture, and tart flavor that contrasts with the sweet custard.
Eggs
Set when heated, giving the pudding its structure and custard-like texture.
Flour
Thickens the mixture and helps it hold together as it bakes.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and helps the top brown lightly during baking.
Sour cream
Adds moisture, richness, and a tangy note that keeps the custard tender.

The step that matters

Pour the mixture over the raspberries without mixing. Keeping the custard separate lets the egg and sour cream mixture set on top of the warm fruit, forming distinct layers. Stirring would blend the fruit into the batter, changing the texture and appearance of the finished pudding.

“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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