Why it works: Butter and cream 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 ↓
Light German Puddings
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Make the batter
Melt the butter in the cream and let it cool nearly to room temperature.
Mix in the flour, sugar, egg yolks, egg whites, and rose or orange‑flower water.
Pour the mixture into small buttered cups.
Bake and serve
Bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven for half an hour.
Turn them out of the cups and serve immediately.
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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Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together41,516 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together43,450 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
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Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together124,287 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together92,116 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
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Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together106,462 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 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
- Eggs
- Egg yolks and whites set the batter into a soft, custard-like structure as it bakes.
- Butter
- Adds richness and a smooth, tender texture to the pudding.
- Flour
- Thickens the mixture so the pudding holds its shape when turned out.
- Cream
- Provides moisture and richness, giving the pudding a creamy texture.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps with gentle browning on the surface.
The step that matters
Let the butter-cream mixture cool nearly to room temperature before mixing in the eggs. If the mixture is still hot, it can start cooking the egg yolks and whites unevenly, producing a grainy texture instead of a smooth, set 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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