Why it works: Barley and leek match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 142 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Peart Baruey Sour, Huncartan Mopre
Ingredients
Directions
Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Water | 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.
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.
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Barley + leektop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together142 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Leek + celerytop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,093 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Leek + nutmegtop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together152 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Barley + celerytop 6% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together571 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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Celery + nutmegtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,331 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (barley, leek, flour, sugar, nutmeg):
- Cinnamonfits better
- Capersfits better
- Marjoramfits better
- Celerythe original
Fit is the average pairing score against barley, leek, flour, sugar, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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