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Gluten-Free Hot Breakfast Cereal

"This is a whole grain blend of 8 gluten free grains and seeds which are ground in a coffee grinder and cooked. Since going gluten and casein free I have been unable to find any hot breakfast cereals that we enjoy. So I created this one and the whole family loves it. Serve with brown sugar, agave nectar, honey or fruit."

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Why it works: Millet and amaranth share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 5 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

12 servings
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Contains: sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Rinse the brown basmati rice, quinoa, millet, buckwheat groats and amaranth in a fine sieve under cold running water until the water runs clear.

  2. Drain the grains well and dry them on a clean towel for a few minutes.

  3. Toast the drained grains in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until fragrant. Transfer to a plate to cool.

  4. Toast the sesame seeds in the same dry skillet over medium heat for about 2 minutes, shaking often, until golden. Cool completely.

  5. Combine the toasted grains, toasted sesame seeds, flax seeds, cornmeal and amaranth in a large airtight jar and shake well to mix. Store at room temperature.

  6. To serve, add a portion of the mix to a saucepan and cover generously with water.

  7. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to low, cover and simmer for about 25 minutes, stirring now and then and adding a splash of water if it thickens too much, until the grains are tender.

  8. Remove from the heat, let stand covered for 5 minutes, then stir and spoon into bowls.

By allrecipes. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Millet + amaranthtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Quinoa + amaranthtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Quinoa + millettop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Quinoa + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Buckwheat + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the buckwheat

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (basmati rice, quinoa, millet, sesame, amaranth):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  3. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  4. Buckwheatthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against basmati rice, quinoa, millet, sesame, amaranth. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).