Why it works: Flour and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 50,459 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Steak Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Make the crust
Mix suet and flour with cold water, seasoning with salt, to make a stiff crust.
Prepare and cook
Season beef or mutton steaks with pepper and salt.
Assemble the pudding like an apple pudding, tie it in a cloth.
Place it in boiling water and cook until done.
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.
Explore the science
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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Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together50,459 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Suet
- Fat that makes the crust rich and tender as it cooks.
- All-purpose flour
- Forms the structure of the stiff crust that holds the filling.
The step that matters
Keep the crust stiff. Flour absorbs liquid and sets as it cooks, so too much water makes a slack dough that turns soggy and heavy instead of holding its shape.
“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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