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Bagels

Adding molasses or treacle to the water that the bagels are boiled in adds a gentle sweetness. Top with your favourite savoury flavours.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Honey and poppy seed work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 91 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Bagels

Serves 7
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

836Calories
19 gProtein
34 gFat
113 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Poppy Seednot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Honey + poppy seedtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together91 recipes

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

  2. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

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

  3. Bread + honeytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Bread + poppy seedtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11 recipes

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

  5. Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the poppy seed

The recipe marks poppy seed as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, flour, honey, egg):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Turmericfits about as well
  4. Poppy seedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, flour, honey, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.