Steamed Bread Pudding

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. Orange + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,746 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

2. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together11,466 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

3. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together22,662 recipes

   Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

4. Bread + nutmegtop 14% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together5,997 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

5. Currant + orangetop 15% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together2,034 recipes

   Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Soft bread crumbs

Form the bulk of the pudding and soak up the milk to give it body.

Egg yolks

Set the custard as it steams, giving the pudding a rich, tender structure.

Scalded milk

Provides the liquid that softens the crumbs and sets with the eggs into a moist custard.

Sugar

Adds sweetness and helps tenderize the custard.

Currants or raisins

Add pockets of concentrated sweetness and chewy texture throughout the pudding.

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, milk, orange, sugar, egg, nutmeg):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Figfits better
3. Lemonfits better
4. Currantthe original

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