Why it works: Plum and flour work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 777 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Boiled Batter Pudding with Fruit
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the batter until it is stiffer than for baking.
Stir in 1 pint of good garden plums.
Prepare a cloth, wet it, and dust it with flour.
When the water is boiling, place the pudding in the cloth.
Stir it gently for a few minutes.
Boil until cooked through, longer than without fruit.
Serve with wine sauce or plain cold butter and sugar.
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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Plum + flourtop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together777 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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