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Iced Christmas-pudding Mousse

Gary Rhodes' recipe is a great way to use up leftover Christmas pud - whilst adding a special twist

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Iced Christmas-pudding Mousse

Why it works: Cream and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 43,450 recipes. Both carry 2,3-butanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Iced Christmas-pudding Mousse

Serves 6
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

162Calories
2 gProtein
6 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Puddingnot in our table0
Tangerinenot in our table0
Satsumanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Tangerine + orangetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Cream + orangetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,170 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Sugar + tangerinetop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together112 recipes

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 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

Swap the tangerine

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, sugar, orange):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Tangerinethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, sugar, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.