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Macaroni Pudding

A steamed macaroni pudding made with macaroni, herbs, butter, egg, bread, and spices.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Macaroni Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Parboil the macaroni until tender.

  2. Butter a 1‑pint basin and line it with the macaroni.

Make the filling

  1. Soak the bread in cold water, then squeeze it dry.

  2. Mix the bread with the remaining ingredients and any leftover macaroni, cut into pieces.

  3. Fill the basin with the mixture and press it down.

Steam and serve

  1. Cover with buttered paper and steam for 1.5 hours.

  2. Serve hot with white or brown sauce.

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.

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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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  5. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the structured outer lining that holds the pudding together when turned out.
Egg
Binds the bread and seasonings so the filling sets firm when steamed.
Bread
Soaked and squeezed, it adds body and moisture to the filling.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the macaroni lining release from the basin.

The step that matters

Pressing the filling into the basin. Packing the mixture firmly removes large air pockets, so the pudding holds its shape and sets evenly during steaming rather than crumbling when turned out.

“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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