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Macaroni Pudding

A steamed pudding made from macaroni, eggs, cream, minced fowl, ham, and Parmesan cheese.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Macaroni Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the macaroni

  1. Simmer the macaroni in plenty of water with salt until tender but firm, then strain.

Make the filling

  1. Beat the egg yolks and egg whites together in a bowl.

  2. In another bowl, combine the cream, minced fowl, minced ham, Parmesan cheese, pepper, and salt.

  3. Mix the egg mixture with the macaroni.

  4. Combine with the cream mixture.

Steam and serve

  1. Grease a pudding mold with butter and pour the mixture into it.

  2. Steam the mold in a pot of boiling water for about 1 hour.

  3. Serve hot with rich gravy.

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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Parmesan cheese + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Parmesan cheese + peppertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Egg + hamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the bulk and firm body of the pudding once cooked and set.
Egg yolks
Enrich the custard and help bind the pudding as it sets.
Egg whites
Add lift and help the pudding set into a light, cohesive texture.
Heavy cream
Adds richness and moisture, keeping the pudding tender.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savory, salty flavor and helps the pudding hold together.

The step that matters

Steaming the mold. Steam must be kept gently boiling and the mold sealed so the eggs set evenly without drying or leaving the centre wet. Too fierce a heat can make the texture curdled or spongy.

“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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