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Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash

Inspired by a recipe in The Vegetarian Compass written by Karen Hubert Allison, published in 1998. A roasted acorn squash is filled with corn, milk, anise seed, and chopped scallions. You then bake it until the filling sets, and finish with white cheddar cheese left under the broiler until golden and bubbly.

By 101cookbooks · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash

Why it works: Anise and nutmeg share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 46 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash

Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

694Calories
26 gProtein
50 gFat
41 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Anisenot in our table0
Seednot 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 101cookbooks. 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. Anise + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Acorn + nutmegtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Corn + anisetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

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

Swap the acorn

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, milk, egg, corn, anise, nutmeg, cheddar cheese):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Acornthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, milk, egg, corn, anise, nutmeg, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.