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Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Why it works: Flour and soy milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 203 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Gluten-Free Buckwheat Pancakes

Makes 8 four- to five-inch pancakes

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1296Calories
42 gProtein
40 gFat
194 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Soy Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Flax Seed1 tbsp (10g) ground55
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Buckwheatnot in our table0
Arrowrootnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Flour + soy milktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together203 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Buckwheat + flourtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Buckwheat + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Flour + quinoatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together108 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Quinoa + cinnamontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together63 recipes

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

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

Swap the buckwheat

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, quinoa, corn, cinnamon, soy milk, maple syrup, canola oil):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Turmericfits about as well
  3. Cuminfits about as well
  4. Buckwheatthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, quinoa, corn, cinnamon, soy milk, maple syrup, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.