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Uolasses Custard

A custard made with molasses, eggs, sugar, butter, and baked in pie crusts.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Molasses and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,225 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Uolasses Custard

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil the molasses for 5 minutes.

  2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and sugar together.

  3. Drop the butter into the hot molasses.

  4. Pour the egg and sugar mixture into the molasses while stirring constantly.

Bake

  1. Prepare single crusts and pour the mixture into them.

  2. Bake until firm.

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. Molasses + sugartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Sugar + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98,233 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

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

  5. Molasses + buttertop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Molasses
Forms the bulk of the custard and gives it deep, sweet, slightly bitter flavour.
Eggs
Set when baked, giving the custard its firm, sliceable structure.
Sugar
Sweetens the custard and adds to its smooth, tender texture.
Butter
Adds richness and a silky mouthfeel to the custard.

The step that matters

Pouring the egg mixture into the hot molasses while stirring constantly. Eggs begin to scramble when they meet very hot liquid. Stirring constantly and adding the egg mixture gradually keeps the proteins dispersed so the custard stays smooth.

“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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