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Ichk Cream Pudding

A pineapple‑flavored cream pudding made with boiling water, sugar, cornstarch, egg whites, and pineapple marmalade.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and pineapple are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,841 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Ichk Cream Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. In a double boiler, combine boiling water and granulated sugar.

  2. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch with a little cold water until smooth, then add to the double boiler.

Finish and chill

  1. Remove from heat and gently fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites and pineapple marmalade.

  2. Pour the mixture into a mold and refrigerate until cool.

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.

Explore the science

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. Sugar + pineappletop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,841 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

  3. Egg + pineappletop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,075 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cornstarch
Thickens the hot liquid into a smooth, sliceable pudding as it cools.
Egg whites
Whipped into the mixture, they add light, airy texture to the pudding.
Pineapple marmalade
Adds fruit flavor and sweetness to the pudding.
Granulated sugar
Sweetens the pudding and helps give it a smooth body.

The step that matters

Gently fold in the egg whites. Egg whites hold air only when whipped stiff, and vigorous stirring deflates them. Folding gently keeps the pudding light and airy rather than dense.

Swap the pineapple

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Raisinfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Pineapplethe original

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

“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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