Why it works: Flour and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,078 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare a stout new cloth and place the pudding mixture inside.
Tie the cloth tightly and securely.
Boil the pudding for 6 to 8 hours.
Serve with brandy sauce.
Optionally, divide the mixture and boil in buttered molds.
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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Flour + saucetop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,078 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Flour + brandytop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together4,181 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Brandy + saucetop 38% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together235 recipes
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