Why it works: Lemon and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 352 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Dee's Health Bread
6 loavesIngredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sunflower Seed | 1 oz (28g) hulled | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Molasses | 1 tbsp (20g) | 58 |
| Flax Seed | 1 tbsp (10g) ground | 55 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Wheat | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Lemon + sunflowertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together352 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Wheat + sunflowertop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together78 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Honey + wheattop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together346 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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Sugar + molassestop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together9,225 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Flour + sunflowertop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together803 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the lemon
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, honey, molasses, egg, wheat, flour, sunflower):
- Vanillafits better
- Figfits better
- Blueberryfits better
- Lemonthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, honey, molasses, egg, wheat, flour, sunflower. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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